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Samuel Miller, philanthropist who championed Catholic-Jewish ties, dies at 97

His son, the veteran Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller, once said his father was “as tough, smart and intimidating as any man I’ve ever known.”

Filmmaker Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94

Stanley Donen never received an Academy Award nomination but in 1998 was awarded an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement.

Al Vorspan, social justice leader for the Reform movement, dies at 95

Vorspan helped organize the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and served as the longtime director of the Commission on Social Action.

Obituaries

Transgender rights activist Barbra Siperstein dies at 76

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Izzy Young, who produced Bob Dylan’s first major concert, dies at 90

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Rela Mintz Geffen, former Baltimore Hebrew University president, dies at 75

United States

Leonard Dinnerstein, an expert on anti-Semitism in America, dies at 84

Israel

Meshulam Riklis, Israeli-American corporate ‘takeover artist,’ dies at 95

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Urban sociologist Nathan Glazer, a founder of neo-conservatism, dies at 95

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Carol Channing, the original star of ‘Hello Dolly!,’ dies at 97

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