Obituaries

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

As ambassador to the United States beginning in 1982, Arens hired Benjamin Netanyahu as part of the diplomatic corps, giving him his start in politics.

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

At 14, he escaped his native Vienna via the Kindertransport to England.

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

Amos Oz, iconic Israeli novelist and peace activist, is dead at 79

Simcha Rotem, last known surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, dies at 94

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