Obituaries

Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali, key to Camp David peace deal, dies at 93

The Egyptian diplomat was a key backer of his president, Anwar Sadat, who made peace with Israel despite widespread Arab hostility.

The Supreme Court’s Jewish gentile: My memories of Justice Scalia

Scalia frequently referenced the Talmud and other Jewish sources in his opinions, recalls Washington attorney Nathan Lewin, his friend and Harvard Law School classmate.

Yom Kippur War hero Maj.-Gen. Avigdor ‘Yanush’ Ben-Gal dies at 79

Ben-Gal is credited with holding Syria back during the war in 1973

Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress head for 3 decades, dies

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

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

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

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

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