coronavirus obituary

Daniel Azulay, renowned Brazilian artist and educator, dies of coronavirus at 72

Azulay was the creator of “Turma do Lambe-Lambe,” a group of children’s characters that starred in television shows that a generation of Brazilian children grew up watching.

Larry Rasky, Biden confidant and Boston-area Jewish leader, dies suddenly at 69

“He was a real friend,” Biden told the Boston Globe, adding that Rasky gave him confidence in difficult moments.

Rabbi Romi Cohn, a Holocaust rescuer who delivered prayer in Congress, dies of coronavirus at 92

The New Yorker also was a mohel and performed some 3,000 ritual circumcisions for free. He taught dozens of others provided they didn’t charge.

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Yehuda Yaakov Refson, a senior rabbi in England, dies of coronavirus

Giorgio Sinigaglia attending the writing of a Torah scroll in Milan, Italy. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Milan)

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Giorgio Sinigaglia, 54, was a father of 4 and volunteer in Milan’s Jewish community

Andre Touboul in 2014. (Courtesy of Beth Hanna)

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In Paris, a pillar of Jewish education dies from the coronavirus

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2 Orthodox Jews die of coronavirus in London; another succumbs in Paris

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Former leader of Milan Jewish community dies of coronavirus

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