Obituary
Clive Davis, influential Jewish rock-and-roll executive, dies at 94
He signed Bruce Springsteen and Aretha Franklin – and allegedly used company money to pay for his son’s bar mitzvah.
A master musician: Michael Tilson Thomas’s compositional legacy
David Hockney, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, dies at 88
Cara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifetime journalist, dies at 71
Alice Shalvi - The secret of eternal youth
Prof. Alice Shalvi passed away on Monday at 96.
Israeli professor, Jewish feminism educator Alice Shalvi dies at 96
She is survived by five of her six children, 21 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren, which is quite a legacy for someone who escaped Nazi Germany in time.
Mary Ann Stein, philanthropist who supported social justice in US and Israel, dies at 80
A supporter of Palestinian as well as Israeli Jewish rights, she served as co-president of Americans for Peace Now and supported then-President Bill Clinton’s criticism of Israeli settlement policy.
Robert M. Beren: Remembering a Jewish philanthropic giant - opinion
Mr. Beren’s impact on the Jewish community, and especially on Jewish education, has been of global magnitude. He spent his life supporting countless major Jewish institutions.
Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54
Although raised Catholic, Pancur felt an affinity with the Yiddish musical culture that thrived for centuries across Europe before its devastation by the Holocaust.
Huwara terror victim's widow: 'He raised my children as his own'
Silas Nigerker's partner told Maariv that he had been going to Huwara for errands all the time.
Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92
When Tec set out to write a book about the Bielski brothers, she sought to fill in omissions and correct distortions created by their almost-total excision from historical accounts of the Holocaust.
Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
Robertson is of Jewish descent, coming from his father's side of the family.
Florence Berger, 83, Cornell professor, practitioner of the art of Jewish matchmaking
As an amateur matchmaker, she reportedly arranged more than two dozen matches that resulted in successful marriages.
Beloved Jewish children's writer Mary Ann Hoberman dies at age 92
She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
