Obituaries

Orna Porat, grande dame of Israeli theater, dies at 91

A German convert to Judaism who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1947, Porat was eulogized as ‘cultural giant’ by ex-President Shimon Peres.

Chief rabbi of Budapest, Robert Deutsch, dies at 59

Deutsch was nominated at the relatively young age of 28 to the post of director of the Budapest Rabbinate, and later head of the rabbinical board and chief rabbi.

Jan Kulczyk, a major funder of Poland’s Jewish museum, dies

His $5.5 million gift to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, despite not being Jewish, was the largest single grant from a private donor.

Samuel Pisar, Holocaust survivor who was adviser to JFK, dies

Author E.L Doctorow dies at 84

Theodore Bikel, Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 91

Pilot Louis Lenart, ‘The Man Who Saved Tel Aviv,’ dies at 94

Burt Shavitz, Jewish co-founder of Burt’s Bees, dies at 80

Nicholas Winton, Kindertransport organizer known as ‘British Schindler,’ dies at 106

Ron Moody, Jewish actor best known for playing Fagin, dies at 91

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