Obituaries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

The longtime director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel sought to level the playing field for non-Orthodox Jewish expression in the Jewish state.

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Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted The Texas Jewboys, dies at 79

Friedman claimed to be he first “full-blooded” Jew to take the stage at the Grand Ole Opry. He also ran for governor of Texas.

Susan Farb Morris

Jewish Life Stories: Houston mourns a ‘PR Fairy’ killed in a fall

“None of us can imagine our community without Susan in it,” said a close friend of Susan Farb Morris.

Jewish Life Stories: A refusenik who found literary freedom in America, and a rabbi’s wife who died after giving birth to twins

Heather Conn Hendel, 48, teacher, caregiver, matchmaker and newlywed, dies days after giving birth

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Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87

Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

The funeral procession of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Crown Heights mourns Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a pivotal figure in Chabad’s global outreach

Joe Schein.

Jewish Life Stories: Princeton’s longest-lived alumnus dies at 109

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