Obituaries

Pauline Bart, sociologist whose Jewish identity infused her research, is dead at 91

Bart wrote her graduate graduate thesis about depression in Jewish mothers whose children had grown up and moved away from home.

Helene Fortunoff, Jewish businesswoman who pioneered a jewelry empire, is dead at 88

Fortunoff became a powerful businesswoman at a time when many women still worked in the home. ‘I always wanted a family and a career, and no one ever told me I couldn’t have both,” she said.

Aaron Beck, the Jewish ‘father of cognitive therapy,’ is remembered as a trailblazing psychiatrist

Beck pioneered a new approach to therapy for patients with depression. Later in life, he continued his research and delivered important insights into schizophrenic patients.