Obituaries

Rabbi Byron Sherwin, Jewish scholar and ethicist at Spertus, dies

He served as Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs at the Spertus Institute and had been on its faculty since 1970.

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Anne Meara, wife of Jerry Stiller and mother of Ben, dies

Meara and Stiller were married for 61 years and worked as comedy partners for much of that time while pursuing individual acting careers.

Robert Wistrich, leading anti-Semitism scholar, dies at 70

Wistrich was the author or editor of more than 29 books on the subject of anti-Semitism, including several that won international awards.

Gene Sosin, Radio Liberty director and WWII codebreaker, dies at 93

Elisabeth Bing, ‘mother of Lamaze,’ dies at 100

Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a founder of the settlement movement, dies at 80

Belda Lindenbaum, who worked to advance Orthodox women, dies

Dave Goldberg, Survey Monkey CEO and husband of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, dies at 47

Alan Pollack, activist for Israel, dies at 77

Ex-Polish FM Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, dies

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