Obituaries

Morton Mandel, Jewish businessman and philanthropist, dies at 98

He and his two brothers founded a foundation that has contributed to a number of Jewish and non-Jewish causes.

Eric Pleskow (right) attends the 50th Viennale Opening Gala in Gartenbau cinema in Vienna on October 25, 2012. (Manfred Schmid/Getty Images)

Eric Pleskow, Holocaust refugee and producer of Oscar-winning films, dies at 95

Pleskow’s movies won Best Picture an unprecedented three years in a row.

Acclaimed artist and children’s book author Mordicai Gerstein dies at 83

Gerstein won the 2006 National Jewish Book award for “The White Ram: A Story of Abraham and Isaac,” and the Caldecott Medal in 2004 for “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. “

Inspiring Jews who died in 5779

Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106

Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who with her husband wrote about their interfaith marriage, dies

Robert Frank, influential photographer best known for his book ‘The Americans,’ dies at 94

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Peter Sheft, financial adviser and 70 Faces Media board member, dies at 63

Kenneth Bialkin, longtime Jewish leader and philanthropist, dies at 89

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