Ady Barkan, healthcare activist who fought Lou Gehrig’s disease, dies at 39 The Israeli-American lawyer threw his body, quite purposely, into the fight for single-payer health coverage. By Ben Sales November 2, 2023 9:18 am
Gershon Hundert, renowned scholar of Polish Jewry, dies at 77 The McGill University professor was the editor in chief of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. October 31, 2023 6:13 pm
A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston The death of a grandmother and her granddaughter with special needs shocked family members in the United States. October 29, 2023 6:28 pm
Ideas My Israel Scouts leader died defending our country. I won’t let him be a statistic. By Benjamin Siegel October 23, 2023 4:41 pm
Israeli-American reservist killed by Hezbollah rocket just days after being called back to Israel By Philissa Cramer October 23, 2023 8:35 am
Samantha Woll, Detroit synagogue president, found stabbed to death outside her home By Ron Kampeas October 21, 2023 7:46 pm
Actress and teacher Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92 By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 16, 2023 4:24 pm
Jewish poet Louise Glück, who won Nobel literature prize, dies at 80 By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 16, 2023 10:05 am
Faces of Israel’s fallen: Soldiers, peace activists, families and too many more By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 11, 2023 12:52 pm
Remembrance Ideas Alice Shalvi pioneered religious feminism in Israel. Everyone else is still catching up. By Elana Sztokman October 2, 2023 1:40 pm