Obituaries

Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush was ‘gold standard’ for first ladies, Republican Jewish Coalition says upon her passing

Following her death Tuesday night at 92, the wife of President George H.W. Bush was being remembered for her wit, no-nonsense attitude and championing of family literacy.

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Filmmaker Milos Forman, director of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ dies at 86

Forman’s parents, who were Protestant and members of the anti-Nazi underground, were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, but he later learned that his biological father was a Jewish man who survived.

Steven Bochco, Emmy-winning creator of ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘LA Law,’ dies at 74

Bochco also created the popular series “Doogie Howser, M.D,” starring Neil Patrick Harris.

Judge Stephen Reinhardt, ‘liberal lion’ of 9th Circuit, is dead at 87

Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician who saved hundreds of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 107

Performer known for Bozo the Clown act dies at 89

Stephen Hawking was admired by Israeli physicists for his insights and his humanity

David Wyman, author of ‘The Abandonment of the Jews,’ dies at 89

Sala Kirschner

Holocaust survivor Sala Kirschner, whose letters hidden from the Nazis became a book, dies at 94

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking once boycotted Israel, but an Israeli academic inspired one of his biggest discoveries

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