Obituaries

Nathan ‘Gino’ Narboni, served in 3 countries’ air forces, dies at 92

In July 1948, at the age of 25, Narboni secretly flew a cargo plane into the new State of Israel, evading an embargo set up by the United Nations and the United States.

Manuel Batshaw, ‘architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,’ dies at 101

Batshaw served as an adviser to his friend Charles Bronfman, the billionaire Jewish philanthropist and Seagram’s liquor magnate.

Florida Rabbi Yaakov Thompson, born Protestant, dies at 61

He loved guitar and was a mensch in every sense, said his wife.

Oldest American, Goldie Michelson, dies at 113 — a month away from birthday

Abner Mikva, judge and congressman who mentored a president, dies at 90

Rabbi Max Ticktin, leader in Hillel and havurah movements, dies at 94

Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience

Rabbi Maurice Lamm, author of ‘Jewish Way in Death and Mourning,’ dies

Aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo dies at 103

Anton Yelchin, Russian-Jewish ‘Star Trek’ actor, crushed to death by own car at 27

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