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Baruj Plavnick, 69, rabbi whose Buenos Aires synagogue was used as a vaccination center

Plavnick was one of the five rabbis who were the first to serve as chaplains in the Argentine military.

By JTA Staff June 30, 2021 4:52 pm

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Miguel Lifschitz, 65, socialist Argentine politician who declined early COVID vaccine

Lifschitz likely could have gotten a coronavirus vaccine months ago, but he declined to jump the line. He died of COVID-19 on May 9.

June 3, 2021 1:31 pm

Bella Granek, 89, Holocaust survivor who was great with kids

The joy she brought to children contrasted with the trauma she experienced as child growing up under Nazi rule in Germany.

June 3, 2021 1:22 pm

Mauro Viale, 73, popular Argentine television host

By JTA Staff May 11, 2021 10:27 am

Milton Steinberg, 96, lover of cantorial music

By Penny Schwartz May 4, 2021 1:02 pm

Alberto Sonsol, 63, legendary Uruguayan sportscaster who once said ‘baruch Hashem’ on the air

By JTA Staff April 20, 2021 12:47 pm

Marianne Steiner, 101, stylish Holocaust survivor who supported research on German Jewry

By Penny Schwartz April 9, 2021 11:20 am

Ernesto Teicher, 76, real estate developer and Jewish community builder

By JTA Staff March 26, 2021 2:44 pm

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Andres Abt, 47, first Jewish mayor of a district in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo

By JTA Staff March 24, 2021 11:29 am

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Leo Rechter, 93, fought for destitute Holocaust survivors

By Penny Schwartz March 12, 2021 2:09 pm

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