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1960s Civil Rights Activist Robert Moses Has Died

Sholom Schreirber - 07/26/2021

(AP) — Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives...

Arts & Culture

Jackie Mason; Clown Prince of Puncture Remembered

Sholom Schreirber - 07/25/2021

By: Marion DS Dreyfus Granted, the man was no poster child for fidelity, maybe. We never met so many women who, when we dropped...

Obituaries

Dr. Paula J. Caplan (July 7, 1947 – July 21, 2021) Lovingly Remembered by Friends & Colleagues

Sholom Schreirber - 07/25/2021

Dr. Paula Joan Caplan was born in Springfield, Missouri, on July 7, 1947, to Tac Caplan and Jerome Arnold Caplan, and died on July...

National News

Jackie Mason, ex-rabbi and comedian, dies at 93

Sholom Schreirber - 07/25/2021

Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died....

Obituaries

David Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor and longtime advocate for restitution, dies at 92

Sholom Schreirber - 07/12/2021

2 David Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor and longtime advocate for restitution, dies at 92 David Mermelstein, a survivor of the Holocaust and a staunch advocate of restitution,...

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Billionaire Holocaust Survivor Moshe Bistricer Passes Away at 101

Sholom Schreirber - 07/11/2021

(VINnews/Sandy Eller) – 101 year old real estate magnate and philanthropist Moshe Bistricer died on Friday night in New York City. A Holocaust survivor, Bistricer...

Obituaries

Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96

Sholom Schreirber - 07/10/2021

(AP) — Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who used the power of music to fight antisemitism and racism in Germany,...

Obituaries

Tragedy in Surfside: Obituaries of the Victims of the Building Collapse

Sholom Schreirber - 07/07/2021

Profiles and remembrances of those who lost their lives By: Chabad.org Staff As search and rescue teams continue their heroic efforts to locate survivors of the...

Obituaries

HaRav Shlomo Lankry, ZT’L Remembered as a Remarkable Baal Chesed & Talmid Chacham at Levaya

Sholom Schreirber - 06/30/2021

HaRav Lankry selflessly devoted himself to the Chevra Kadisha for the Sephardic community that he personally founded and led By: Fern Sidman On Sunday afternoon, June...

Obituaries

HaRav Shlomo Lankry, ZT’L Remembered as a Remarkable Baal Chesed & Talmid Chacham at Levaya

Sholom Schreirber - 06/27/2021

HaRav Lankry selflessly devoted himself to the Chevra Kadisha for the Sephardic community that he personally founded and led By: Fern Sidman On Sunday afternoon, June...

Obituaries

World Mourns Auschwitz Survivor and Innovator in Holocaust Education

Sholom Schreirber - 06/20/2021

Fritzie Fritzshall, President of Illinois Holocaust Museum, dies at 91. Fritzie Fritzshall (photo credit: Chris Strong) As a Survivor of the Holocaust and the President of Illinois...

Jewish Features

World to Mark 27th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Passing

Sholom Schreirber - 06/11/2021

By Aharon Loschak(Chabbad.org) Across the globe, people from all walks of life are coming together this week and next to mark the 27th anniversary of the...

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Igud HaRabbonim Holds Azkarah in Memory of Rabbi Yaakov Spivak, ZT’L

Sholom Schreirber - 05/26/2021

By: RAA Staff On Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Congregation Ahavath Achim Anshei Sfard in Brooklyn, Igud HaRabbonim, the Rabbinical Alliance of America, gathered together...

Jewish Features

Jewish Orgs Mourn the Passing of Roman Kent, 96 – Activist Holocaust Survivor & Inspiring Educator

Sholom Schreirber - 05/22/2021

Edited by: Fern Sidman The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous reported the death on Friday of its longtime president, Roman Kent, who passed away at...

Obituaries

Rabbi Avraham Hamra, ZT’L, Chief Rabbi for Syrian & Lebanese Jews, Dies at 78

Sholom Schreirber - 05/09/2021

Edited by: Fern Sidman Rabbi Avraham Hamra, the chief rabbi to Jews from Syria and Lebanon, died on Friday. HaRav Hamra, who was the last...

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Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at 59

Sholom Schreirber - 04/26/2021

(AP) — Israeli designer Alber Elbaz, best known for spending 14 years at the helm of France’s Lanvin fashion house, has died at 59,...

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