Obituaries

Ideas

Neil Simon got us right. That’s what geniuses do.

The late playwright, like Michael Jordan and Philip Roth, made hard work look effortless, writes the artistic director of the Mosaic Theater Company of DC.

Princeton Lyman, Jewish diplomat who helped plan Operation Moses, dies at 82

Princeton Lyman was hailed as the "unsung hero of the Ethiopian Jews."

Neil Simon, Broadway’s giant of bickering, wise-cracking couples, dies at 91

Simon is known for such Broadway hits as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” and “Lost in Yonkers.”

John McCain, senator who made human rights and Israel central to his foreign policy, dies at 81

Moshe Mizrahi, only Israeli director of Oscar-winning film, dies at 86

Charlotte Rae, who starred as Mrs. Garrett on ‘The Facts of Life,’ dies at 92

Herman Shine, one of the last survivors to have escaped Auschwitz, dies at 95

Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic who showcased diverse Los Angeles neighborhoods, dies at 57

Hundreds in Georgia mourn Jewish soldier killed in Afghanistan

Richard Siegel, educator who co-edited ‘The Jewish Catalog,’ is dead at 70

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