Obituaries

Danny Goldman, ‘Smurfs’ actor and beloved Hollywood casting director, dies at 80

Goldman landed roles in scores of popular television series, including the character of Nick Dutton in “The Good Life.”

Helene Aylon, 89, feminist artist whose work reflected her evolution as a woman and a Jew

Her work is in permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and The Jewish Museum.

Yaakov Perlow, leader of Novominsker Hasidim and a top haredi Orthodox rabbi, dies of coronavirus at 89

He hailed from a prominent line of rabbis and served as the president of Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella organization for haredi Orthodox Jews.