Obituaries

Rabbi Saul Leeman, who marched with Martin Luther King to Montgomery, is dead at 100

Leeman was the longtime leader of Conservative congregations on Rhode Island and in Massachusetts, and helped found a Long Island synagogue.

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Dr. Mark Wainberg, renowned AIDS researcher, drowns while vacationing in Florida for Passover

Wainberg, 71, was best known for identifying one of the first effective anti-viral treatments for the disease.

Don Rickles

Don Rickles, insult comedian and actor, is dead at 90

"My friends and family know what I'm really like," said the comic nicknamed "Mr. Warmth."

Masha Leon, Forward society columnist for 30 years, dies at 86

Ted Cutler, Boston philanthropist, businessman and arts patron, dies

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose ‘Babi Yar’ exposed anti-Semitism, dies at 84

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who earned doctorate 80 years after Nazis’ denial, dies at 104

Historian Elliott Horowitz, expert on Jewish violence, dies at 64

Adam Krief, Jewish father of 3 whose bone marrow search inspired celebrities, dies

David Rubinger, Israeli photographer who took iconic photo of soldiers at Western Wall, dies

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