Tag: Obituary
Tom Stoppard, award-winning British playwright, dies at 88
Tom Stoppard, the prolific British playwright whose late-in-life discovery of his Jewish roots inspired his 2020 play “Leopoldstadt,” died at his home in Dorset, England, on Nov. 29. He was 88.
His many works include...
Rabbi Berel Wein: Recalling his Zionist opposition to the two-state nightmare
“The more I read and study Jewish history, the clearer it becomes that there is an Author and Planner, Who guides Israel to its destiny.”
— Rabbi Berel Wein (October 1990)
Rabbi Berel Wein, a Chicago-born pulpit...
Pope Francis dies at 88 in Vatican City
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the Vatican at the age of 88.
He passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time, according to the...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician and Holocaust denier, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist who led the French far-right National Front Party, died on Tuesday. He was 96 years old.
His family told AFP that he died in a care facility “surrounded...
Rene Sportes
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of
Rene Sportes Z"L
Wife: Vida
Children: Denise (David) Hanono, Mike (Maggie) Sportes,
Grandchildren: Branon (Kayla), Alex (Leah), Michael, and Rene and
Great-grandchildren: Jack and Lexi.
The funeral...
Biden: ‘Howard Fineman one of the great journalists of our time’
Following the death of American journalist and commentator Howard Fineman on June 11, U.S. President Joe Biden released a statement honoring the career of the longtime writer.
“Great journalists hold a mirror up to the nation to...
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 74, instrumental in Chabad’s global expansion
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the energetic vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch—the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement—died after a lengthy illness on June 4. He was 74 years old, four days shy of his...
Marc Klein, pioneering editor and journalist in California, dies at 75
Marc Klein, who fought to protect independent Jewish journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area, died on May 25 from the complications of a transplant-related cancer. He was 75 years old.
For 28 years, he...
Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and first Jewish-American VP candidate, dies at 82
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82 after complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family.
“Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family and America endured...
Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dies at 98
Zvi Zamir, the fourth director of Israel's Mossad national intelligence agency, died in Tel Aviv on Jan. 2. He was 98 years old.
Born Zvicka Zarzevsky in 1925 in Lodz, Poland, Zamir immigrated to Israel...