Tag: Obituaries
Moshe Arens, right-wing political figure and three-time Defense Minister, dies
Former Israeli defense minister and mentor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Moshe Arens, passed away on Monday at the age of 93.
Arens’s family managed to escape the Holocaust by moving from Lithuania to...
Jewish-German author Edgar Hilsenrath dies at age 92
Jewish-German author Edgar Hilsenrath, who wrote a best-selling fictional account of the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a Nazi, died on Dec. 30 from pneumonia at the age of 92, the German news agency...
World-Renowned Israeli Literary Figure Amos Oz Dies at Age 79
Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz died on Friday at the age of 79.
“My beloved father, Amos Oz, a wonderful family man, an author, a man of peace and moderation, died today peacefully after...
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Stan Lee, Marvel Comics’ Real-Life Superhero, Dies at 95
Stan Lee, the legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics whose fantabulous but flawed creations made him a real-life superhero to comic book lovers everywhere, has died. He was 95.
Lee, who began in...
Religious Services Minister David Azoulay succumbs to cancer
Thousands attended the funeral of Religious Affairs Minister David Azoulay (Shas), who succumbed to cancer on Tuesday at the age of 64.
Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef praised Azoulay as a great teacher and public...
Charles Aznavour, renowned French singer, dies at 94; he leaves us his Yiddishe Mame...
Charles Aznavour died at age 94, on Monday the French media reported on the death of the singer.
Aznavour was born under the name of Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian in Paris, the son of Armenian parents,...
Craig Zadan Dies: ‘Chicago’ Producer Who Led Oscar Telecasts & Live TV Musicals Was...
“It is with profound sadness that I am announcing the passing of my dear friend and colleague Craig Zadan, who died of complications following shoulder replacement surgery,” said Robert Greenblatt, NBC Entertainment Chairman. “On...
French filmmaker and visual Jewish storyteller Claude Lanzmann dies at 92 last Thursday
Claude Lanzmann, a French filmmaker perhaps best known for the nearly 10-hour oral-history project “Shoah,” died on July 5 at the age of 92.
Originally from an Eastern European Jewish family who moved to France,...
Philip Roth, renowned American Jewish novelist, dies at 85
Philip Roth, influential Jewish writer, Pulitzer Prize winner who wrote about male lust, Jewish life and the United States, died on Tuesday night in New York, at a Manhattan hospital from congestive heart failure on...
Revered Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis dies at age 102
Professor Bernard Lewis, a world-renowned expert and historian whose prolific writings helped the world understand the complexities of the Middle East, passed away over the holiday of Shavuot at the age of 102.
Lewis was...