Obituaries

Jewish families killed in Costa Rica crash remembered for passionate social justice work

The Steinbergs of Scarsdale, New York, and the Weisses of Belleair, Florida, were among 12 people killed.

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Jerry Yellin, who flew the last combat mission of World War II, dies at 93

Yellin spoke to other veterans who struggled to adapt to civilian life, and in 2010 he co-founded Operation Warrior Wellness.

Kazimierz Piechowski, leader of daring escape from Auschwitz, dies at 98

The four men stole Nazi uniforms and weapons, along with an SS officer's car.

Vera Katz, three-term mayor of Portland who escaped the Nazis, dies at 84

Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, leader of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community, dies at 104

Naomi Lauter, who led AIPAC efforts in San Francisco for 50 years, dies at 87

Rabbi Neil Gillman, a premier theologian of Conservative Judaism, is dead at 84

Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, a leader of postwar Italian Judaism, dies at 82

Tzipora Jochsberger, Holocaust survivor who founded the Kaufman Music Center in NY, dies at 96

Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, who solved conflicts between Jewish law and technology, dies at 76

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