Obituaries

Shimon Peres, last of Israel’s founders, dies

A member of Israel’s founding generation, Peres took leading roles in government from the state’s founding until his retirement 66 years later.

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Joseph Harmatz

Joseph Harmatz, leader of Jewish ‘Avengers’ of Nazis, dies at 91

The Holocaust survivor was among the last living members of a group who poisoned more than 2,200 former Nazi SS officers in 1946.

Italian Jews mourn passing of country’s ex-President Azeglio Ciampi

Ciampi was a ”generous, just, and visionary man,” the head of a Jewish umbrella group wrote, and was "always close to the Jewish world."

Stanley K. Sheinbaum

Stanley Sheinbaum, liberal activist for nearly 70 years who met with Arafat, dies

Jewish woman in iconic World War II Times Square kiss photo dies at 92

Israeli father dies waiting for return of soldier son’s remains

Zero Mostel, left, and Gene Wilder star in the Mel Brooks classic "The Producers."

Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and other classic comedies, dies at 83

Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, ex-defense minister and longtime Knesset member, dies at 80

Sonia Rykiel

Sonia Rykiel, ‘Queen of Knitwear’ fashion designer, dies at 86

Esther Jungreis, Orthodox Jewish outreach pioneer, dies

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