Obituaries

Israeli filmmaker and actor Assi Dayan, son of Moshe Dayan, dies

Filmmaker and actor Assi Dayan, the son of the late Israeli general Moshe Dayan, has died.

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Rabbi Aaron Landes, longtime Naval Reserve chaplains chief, dies

Rabbi Aaron Landes, a Philadelphia congregational rabbi for decades and the longtime director of U.S. Naval Reserve chaplains, has died.

Jacob Birnbaum was the unsung father of Jewish freedom

Jacob Birnbaum, a founder of the Soviet Jewry movement, was a heroic, legendary figure, writes Rabbi Avi Weiss.

Jacob Birnbaum, founder of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, dies

Rivka Haut, Women of the Wall co-founder and agunot advocate, dies

Chief rabbi of Iran dies

James Schlesinger, U.S. defense secretary during ’73 Yom Kippur War, dies

Robert Strauss, Democratic kingmaker and ambassador, dies at 95

Gisela Kohn Dollinger, refugee who rescued husband from Gestapo, dies at 111

David Brenner, observational humor royalty, dies at 78

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