Obituaries

Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Jewish environmental activist, dies at 65

He frequently lectured on and wrote about the religious perspective on environmentalism, bioethics, and Judaism and modern science.

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Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk, legendary author who brought Judaism into the mainstream, dies at 103

Perhaps more than any other writer, Wouk’s work embodied the new postwar possibilities for modern American Jews.

Peggy Lipton

Peggy Lipton, star of TV’s ‘The Mod Squad,’ dies at 72

The actress played network television’s version of the quintessential ’60s flower child.

Nurit Karlin, Israeli-born cartoonist who broke into a men’s club at The New Yorker, dies at 80

Menachem Mendel Taub, Hasidic dynasty head devoted to Holocaust memory, dies at 96

Henry Bloch, founder of H and R Block and philanthropist, dies at 96

David Brion Davis, historian who wrote landmark trilogy on slavery, dies at 92

Cantor Sherwood Goffin, who served Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue for 50 years, dies

Avi Lyon, former head of Jewish Labor Committee, is dead at 76

Michel Bacos, pilot who refused to abandon Jewish passengers in Entebee hijacking, dies at 95

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