Obituaries

Jonathan Woocher, leading Jewish educational theorist, dies at 70

Woocher led the Jewish Educational Service of North America for 27 years.

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Simone Veil

Simone Veil, French feminist and politician who survived the Holocaust, dies at 89

She stood for "women’s equality, the memory of the Shoah and the European community," the French Jewish umbrella group CRIF wrote.

Valentin Pimstein, pioneer of Mexican telenovelas, dies at 91

The Chile native was the son of Russian-Jewish parents whose love for romantic and melodramatic stories came from his mother.

Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, founder of ArtScroll Publications, dies at 73

Gabe Pressman

Gabe Pressman, pioneer of television reporting, dies at 93

Al Erlick, longtime editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, is dead at 88

Sara Ehrman, Democratic party mainstay and Hillary mentor, dies at 98

Eliezer Jaffe, a father of Israeli social work, dies at 83

Israeli spy Shulamit Cohen-Kishik dies at 100

Alan Mintz, Hebrew literature scholar and one-time student activist, is dead at 69

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