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Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

A champion of Middle East peace whose career was tarnished by a morals charge involving a minor.

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96

Through five unsuccessful runs for president, Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

Keleti moved to Israel in 1957 and helped build the new country’s gymnastics program.

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Yuval Shoham, 22, soldier who searched for his captive friend Hersh Goldberg-Polin, dies in Gaza

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Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

Arlene Agus, New Yorker who popularized Rosh Chodesh rituals for Jewish women, dies at 75

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