Obituaries

Urban sociologist Nathan Glazer, a founder of neo-conservatism, dies at 95

He was the author of “Beyond the Melting Pot,” with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a study of five racial and ethnic groups in New York.

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Carol Channing, the original star of ‘Hello Dolly!,’ dies at 97

The Tony Award winner had a Jewish mother and said she learned fluent Yiddish from her first husband’s grandfather.

Polish mayor, called friend of Jewish community, dies after being stabbed at charity concert

Paweł Adamowicz of Gdansk “was a true friend & ally in countering xenophobia,” the American Jewish Committee said.

Moshe Arens, Israeli defense minister under 3 prime ministers, dies at 93

Alfred Bader, Milwaukee philanthropist and art collector, dies at 94

Hector Timerman, Jewish Argentine foreign minister investigated for cutting deal with Iran, dies at 65

President Reuven Rivlin at Amos Oz funeral service

Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind

Georges Loinger, French Resistance fighter who saved Jewish children from the Nazis, dies at 108

Tzvika Levy, ‘Father of Lone Soldiers,’ dies at 70

Amos Oz

Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art

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