Obituaries

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

Bartoszewski had been sent to Auschwitz in 1940 because of his social activism and later became involved in the Polish resistance.

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Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, prominent modern Orthodox scholar, dies

The rabbi, head of the Har Etzion Yeshiva in the West Bank, was awarded the Israel Prize for Jewish Literature in 2014.

Elio Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome for 51 years, dies at 99

Toaff served as chief rabbi from 1951 to 2002 and is considered an important figure in the history of Italy and European Jewry.

Gunter Grass, Nobel Prize-winning author who served in Nazis’ Waffen-SS, dies

Bernice Tannenbaum, longtime Hadassah and Zionist leader, dies at 101

Norman Leventhal, philanthropist and leader in Boston’s development, dies

1 trampled to death, 3 critically hurt at haredi rabbi’s funeral in Israel

Gene Saks, award-winning director who worked with Neil Simon, dies at 93

Yehuda Avner, speechwriter for 4 Israeli prime ministers, dies

Anne Frank’s cousin, actor Buddy Elias, dies at 89

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