Obituaries

Wesley LePatner, killed in Midtown Manhattan shooting, is mourned as a ‘uniquely brilliant’ Jewish leader

“She was very practical, down to earth, very much wanted to make a difference,” said Park East Synagogue Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky about the 43-year-old mom of two.

Talmud expert Neil Danzig is seen at his computer in an undated photo.

Rabbi Neil Danzig, scholar who unlocked mysteries of the Talmud, dies at 74

The longtime Jewish Theological Seminary professor was an expert on the Babylonian rabbis and leaders known as Geonim.

Barbra Streisand is seen posing with her friends and lyricists, Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist and ‘father figure’ to Barbra Streisand, dies at 99

Bergman and his wife Marilyn wrote the words for “The Way We Were,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” and the songs in the movie “Yentl.”

Connie Francis, 20th-century star turned TikTok sensation, recorded an album of Jewish songs in 1960

S. Daniel Abraham, Slim-Fast creator and Israel peace advocate, dies at 100

Marthe Cohn, survivor and nurse who spied for the French, dies at 105

Leonard Lauder, who expanded his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92

IDF recovers remains of Gadi and Judith Weinstein Haggai, American-Israelis killed on Oct. 7

Helena Weinrauch, Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100

Marcel Ophuls, French Jewish director of ‘The Sorrow and the Pity,’ dies at 97

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