Obituaries

Monty Hall, original host of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ game show, dies at 96

A philanthropist, Hall reportedly helped to raise close to $1 billion for charity during his lifetime.

Joshua Haberman, Washington rabbi and champion of adult Jewish education, dies at 98

He represented the voice of the Jewish community during the memorial service for the victims of 9/11 held at the National Cathedral.

Mitchell Flint, US fighter pilot who helped create Israeli Air Force, dies at 94

In 1948, using the ruse of traveling to the Olympic Games in London, he got himself to Czechoslovakia and then on to the new state of Israel to volunteer his services.

Edie Windsor, whose Supreme Court victory paved the way for LGBTQ marriage, dies at 88

Property developer and Jewish philanthropist Jerry Gottesman dies

Maria Slepak, former Soviet refusenik, dies

Arthur Finkelstein, political strategist who made ‘liberal’ a dirty word, dies

Jerry Lewis, comedian and filmmaker, dies at 91

Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel dies in Germany at 78

Elicia Brown Pomeroy, journalist who wrote movingly about her cancer diagnosis, dies at 48

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