Obituaries

Rabbi Norman Lamm, longtime head of Yeshiva University and prolific author, dies at 92

Lamm, who helped rebuild Y.U. into the flagship institution of Modern Orthodoxy, had lost his wife to COVID-19 in April.

By Uriel Heilman May 31, 2020 12:12 pm

Body of renowned Arab-Israeli dancer Ayman Safiah found on beach

The ballet dancer had gone missing on Sunday while swimming off the coast in Israel’s north.

May 28, 2020 2:45 pm

Prominent AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies at 84

“In a way, like a lot of Jewish men of Larry’s generation, the Holocaust is a defining historical moment, and what happened in the early 1980s with AIDS felt, and was in fact, holocaustal to Larry,” Tony Kushner once said.

May 27, 2020 1:11 pm

Aaron Rubashkin, 92, patriarch of troubled kosher meat empire

By Ben Harris May 27, 2020 10:07 am

Jackie Jakubowski, editor of Swedish Jewish magazine, dies at 68

By Marcy Oster May 25, 2020 4:32 pm

Joel Kupperman, template for the smart Jewish kid, dies at 83

By Ron Kampeas May 14, 2020 5:45 pm

Little Richard loved Judaism

By Gabe Friedman May 11, 2020 3:19 pm

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

By Curt Schleier May 11, 2020 2:46 pm

Jerry Stiller, longtime comic who won fame on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 92

By Marcy Oster May 11, 2020 10:20 am

Gregory Zanis, who made Stars of David for Tree of Life victims, dies at 69

By Shira Hanau May 8, 2020 10:32 am

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