Obituaries

Abe Vigoda, known for ‘Barney Miller’ role, dies at 94

NEW YORK (JTA)— Abe Vigoda, a Jewish actor best known for playing a cranky police detective in the 1970s sitcom “Barney Miller,” has died. Vigoda died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Woodland Park, New Jersey, The Associated Press reported. He was 94. The cause of death was old age, according to his daughter, Carol […]

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David Stoliar, sole survivor of bombed ship fleeing Holocaust, is remembered

Stoliar, who was aboard the Struma, which was carrying 800 Jews but was barred from entering then-Palestine, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported.

Walter W. Reed, whose memoir about hiding from the Nazis was published last year, dies at 91

(JTA) — Walter W. Reed, who last year published a book about his experience hiding from the Nazis with about 100 other Jewish children, has died at 91. Reed, a regular speaker at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, died Jan. 13 in his Chicago-area home, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday. Reed’s “The Children of La Hille: Eluding […]

Pittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary wish: Dump Trump

Rabbi Ronald Greenwald, former Nixon liaison to Jewish community, dies

‘JFR’ Jacob, India’s highest-ranking Jewish military officer, dies at 92

Judith Kaye, groundbreaking New York judge, dies at 77

Dr. Robert Berger, who discredited Nazi medical experiments, dies at 86

Howard Leibowitz, key aide to 2 Boston mayors and a Jewish leader, dies

Pauline Dubkin-Yearwood, longtime Jewish journalist, dies at 73

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