William Medwied, Holocaust Survivor, 1933-2023
William Medwied, 90 a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, passed peacefully on September 30. There is a tradition that when people die on Shabbat they are immediately in heaven with G-d.
Medwied spent the war years...
Ipswich honors British Jewish spy, caught and killed by Nazis
A newly unveiled marble headstone in Ipswich Old Cemetery in West England honors Kurt Erich Glauber, a British MI6 agent, who was Jewish and risked his life operating undercover in his native Austria during...
US Postal Service releases stamp honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The US Postal Service (USPS) released postage stamps on Monday featuring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The “Forever” stamp, which covers the cost of mailing a first-class letter at a set price no matter...
Manouchehr Bibiyan, Iranian entertainment producer and ‘proud Jew,’ dies at 90
Manouchehr Bibiyan, a pioneering Iranian-American Jewish entertainment producer and political activist died on Aug. 27 in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old.
Bibiyan became Iran’s first and most successful modern pop-music recording producer, having...
Chassidic singer ‘Dedi’ Graucher dies at age 62
After years fighting a serious illness, Oded Dovid (“Dedi”) Graucher died in Jerusalem on Sept. 11.
Graucher rose to prominence following the release of his second album, 1993’s “Ratza” with its epic title track making him famous...
Rabbi who founded Chabad in the Netherlands dies at age 85
Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak (Ies) Vorst, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the Netherlands, died on Sept. 14 at the age of 85.
Vorst was born in 1938, the son of the chief rabbi of Rotterdam....
Australian Jewish leader Jeremy Jones dies at age 64
Jeremy Jones, one of the most influential figures in Australia’s Jewish community, passed away on Sept. 6 after losing a battle with cancer.
The 64-year-old was the director of international and community affairs at the Australia/Israel &...
Matisyahu, ‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller pitch (matzah) ball at New York’s Citi Field
Jewish rapper Matisyahu threw the ceremonial first pitch at New York’s Citi Field so far off the field that only a superhero would have been able to catch it.
And one actually attempted to ...
Matisyahu...
Ishay Ribo draws some 15,000 to Madison Square Garden
Some of recent history’s biggest musical acts have headlined concerts at Madison Square Garden. On Sunday, Orthodox Jewish crossover singer Ishay Ribo became the first Israeli musician to do so, joining the company of...
Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist Elissa Czuker dies at 53
Elissa Czuker, who with her husband, Edward Czuker, donated to many prominent Jewish and political causes, died on Aug. 25. She was 53 years old.
The mother of nine was active in the Young Israel...