Obituaries

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

Jakubowski served as editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine Judisk Krönika, or “Jewish Chronicle,” between 1980 and 2015.

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

One of the original “Quiz Kids,” which aired on NBC radio and then TV in the 1940s and 1950s, Kupperman was forever scarred by the experience.

Little Richard

Little Richard loved Judaism

It’s unclear if the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer ever converted, but he did say he observed some Jewish customs, such as Shabbat.

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

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

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

Alan Shestack

Alan Shestack, influential museum director and art history scholar, dies at 81

Zalman Kossovsky, former chief rabbi of Zurich and a US Marines chaplain, dies at 80

Yefim Haim Goldberg presenting his last book of poetry in 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia. (Courtesy of the the government of the Primorsky Krai region)

Yefim Haim Goldberg, a celebrated Russian-Jewish war veteran, dies at 106

Stanley Chera, 78, coronavirus patient who made pandemic real for Trump

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