Obituaries

Mark Talisman, champion of key law in fight for Soviet Jewry, is dead at 78

As a congressional aide, he called every member of the House to build support for the Jackson-Vanik amendment.

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Lucette Lagnado

Lucette Lagnado, whose prize-winning memoir recalled her family’s Egyptian-Jewish past, dies at 63

The Wall Street Journal reporter also won awards for writing on health care.

Artur Brauner, German-Jewish producer of ‘Europa Europa’ and other major films, dies at 100

His award-winning films also include “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.”

Brazilian veteran Jewish journalist Salomao Schvartzman dies at 85

Death of a matriarch means there may be as few as 5 Jews left in Cairo

Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of Mengele twin experiments who preached forgiveness, dies at 85

George Rosenkranz

George Rosenkranz, an inventor of the birth control pill, dies at 102

Best-selling novelist Judith Krantz dies at 91

Velvel Pasternak, who worked to preserve Jewish musical heritage, dies at 86

Stanley Tigerman, Chicago architect who designed the Illinois Holocaust Museum, dies

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