Obituaries

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

The Monsey, New York resident was an early and outspoken voice about LGBTQ inclusion in the Orthodox Jewish community.

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Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, saw ‘through line’ between investigative journalism and fighting antisemitism

His sons Jacob and Jonah said Jewish values underlay his journalism.

Max Frankel, Jewish New York Times executive editor who fled the Nazis, dies at 94

Frankel began his 40-year career at the Times at 19, less than a decade after his family fled the Holocaust.

Rep. Nita Lowey

Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish congresswoman and Middle East peace advocate, dies at 87

Michael Levine, founding member of NY’s pioneering LGBTQ synagogue and witness to the Stonewall riots, dies at 81

Michelle Trachtenberg, pictured in 2007. (J. Meric/WireImage for Manning, Selvage and Lee)

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Rose Girone turns 110

Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

Jacqueline van Maarsen smiles as she examines the first memorial brick in the Names Monument of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sept. 23. (Courtesy of Holocaust Names Monument Netherlands.)

Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s best friend, dies at 96

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