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.

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…

Joseph Elliot Elowsky, 85, Drove ‘Harem’ Of Senior Citizens To Their Appointments

Shira FederMarch 17, 2021

At a local synagogue he was called “the man with the Golden Hands” because he created elaborate pieces of scenery for the plays they put on.The…

Leo Rechter, 93, Fought For Destitute Holocaust Survivors

Penny SchwartzMarch 12, 2021

Rechter followed a career in banking with more than a quarter-century of advocacy.The post [Leo Rechter, 93, fought for destitute Holocaust survi…

Stacey Zisook Robinson, 59, Poet Who Was Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream To Become A Rabbi

Ben HarrisMarch 9, 2021

Zisook connected her many communities through Friday-afternoon emails.The post [Stacey Zisook Robinson, 59, poet who was fulfilling a lifelong d…

Alan Tripp, 103, Co-Created ‘Senior Song Book,’ An Album Of Original Songs At Age 102

Sophie PanzerMarch 3, 2021

He was president of the ad agency Bauer, Tripp, Foley, Inc., which produced live weekly TV musicals and oversaw local and national TV ads.The pos…