Obituaries

Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81

A former ’60s radical, he made a home for Jewish progressives who felt shut out of the wider communal conversation.

Jewish Life Stories: Hettie Jones, one half of a Beat generation power couple, dies at 90

A Queens native who wrote an acclaimed memoir about her marriage to playwright LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka).

Bill Pascrell, NJ Democrat who tread a fine line on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dies at 87

The Paterson native mostly pulled off a balancing act, remaining pro-Israel while representing one of the country’s largest Palestinian-American communities.

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering Jewish papercut artist, a circus clown on a humanitarian mission

Silvio Santos, Brazilian media mogul and descendant of 15th-century Portuguese Jewish scholar-statesman, dies at 93

Hundreds in Israel mourn American ‘lone soldier’ Jordan Cooper who died after allergic reaction

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

Jewish Life Stories: Ilana Schatz, 71, who founded Fair Trade Judaica

David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75

Martin Indyk, pictured in 2015. (Brookings Institution Press)

Martin Indyk, blunt diplomat who longed for Arab-Israeli peace, dies at 73

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