COVID Deaths

The Forward, in collaboration with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jewish media outlets around the world, is sharing obituaries of people in the Jewish community who have died from the coronavirus or ensuing complications. Do you know someone who has died of COVID-19? We want to share their story. Please fill out this brief form.

Baruj Plavnick, 69, rabbi whose synagogue was used as vaccination center, dies of COVID

JTA StaffJune 30, 2021

Plavnick was one of the five rabbis who were the first to serve as chaplains in the Argentine military.

Brooklyn man seeks to mark each Jew who died of COVID-19

Rebecca SalzhauerJune 10, 2021

Tzali Reicher wants the living to learn from his growing list of over 1,800 names.

Miguel Lifschitz, 65, Socialist Argentine Politician Who Declined Early COVID Vaccine

JTA StaffJune 3, 2021

Lifschitz likely could have gotten a coronavirus vaccine months ago, but he declined to jump the line. He died of COVID-19 on May 9.The post [Mig…

Bella Granek, 89, Holocaust Survivor Who Was Great With Kids

Penny SchwartzJune 3, 2021

The joy she brought to children contrasted with the trauma she experienced as child growing up under Nazi rule in Germany.The post [Bella Granek,…

Mauro Viale 73 - Popular Argentine Television Host

JTA StaffMay 11, 2021

Born Mauricio Goldfarb, Viale had a 40-year career as one of the most popular journalists in Argentina.

Milton Steinberg, 96, Lover Of Cantorial Music

Penny SchwartzMay 4, 2021

A Holocaust survivor raised in Hungary, Steinberg helped found an Orthodox synagogue in New York.The post [Milton Steinberg, 96, lover of cantor…

Alberto Sonsol, 63, Legendary Uruguayan Sportscaster Who Once Said ‘Baruch Hashem’ On The Air

JTA StaffApril 20, 2021

Sonsol was educated at a Jewish school in Montevideo and spent time in Israel before returning home to become a journalist.The post [Alberto Sons…

Marianne Steiner, 101, Stylish Holocaust Survivor Who Supported Research On German Jewry

Penny SchwartzApril 9, 2021

Steiner and her late husband were longtime supporters of the Leo Baeck Institute, which houses family papers going back to prewar Germany.The pos…

Ernesto Teicher, 76, Real Estate Developer And Jewish Community Builder

JTA StaffMarch 26, 2021

Teicher was recently celebrated for preserving an important archaeological find discovered beneath a residential tower he was building.The post […

Andres Abt, 47, First Jewish Mayor Of A District In Uruguay’s Capital Montevideo

JTA StaffMarch 24, 2021

Abt was encouraged to embrace his Judaism by his non-Jewish mother and became a beloved local leader who preferred the difficult mayoral job to the…