Obituaries

Baruch Levine, Bible scholar who helped grow Judaic Studies at NYU, dies at 91

A colleague called Levine “one of the great Jewish Bible scholars of his generation.”

Advertisement

shirley zussman

Shirley Zussman, pioneering sex therapist who studied with Masters and Johnson, has died at 107

Zussman and her husband worked together, running a sex therapy clinic for a decade.

Henry Orenstein, the Transformers toys inventor, Holocaust survivor and poker star, is dead at 98

Orenstein managed to survive the war due to a gamble he made in 1944, the first of several that would shape his life.

Son’s irreverent obituary for his ‘plus-sized Jewish lady redneck’ mother goes viral

Ed Shames, ‘Band of Brothers’ vet who toasted son’s bar mitzvah with Hitler’s cognac, dies at 99

Moshe Feldman, Crown Heights physician who cared for the Lubavitcher Rebbe, has died at 80

Stephen Sondheim, Jewish theater legend who reshaped the American musical, is dead at 91

Abraham Schumer died father chuck

Abraham Schumer, father of Sen. Chuck Schumer, has died at 98

Cake designer Sylvia Weinstock

Jewish cake-designer-to-the-stars Sylvia Weinstock dead at 91

justus rosenberg

Justus Rosenberg, professor and last surviving member of group that smuggled intellectuals out of Nazi-held Europe, has died at 100

Load More

Advertisement