Obituary
Eulogy: Naomi Levine, civil rights activist, NYU doyen and ‘force of nature’
Naomi Levine, a civil rights activist and grand dame of NYU, died on Jan. 14 at age 98.
Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump’s eccentric Jewish doctor, dead at 73
Bornstein rocketed to fame during the 2016 election for claiming Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”
Eulogy: Max Bendich, 105, an ordinary life lived extraordinarily
“He didn’t do anything out-and-out special. But he had an unbelievable impact on people. An outsized impact.”
Eulogy: Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum told stories to wake people up
Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum saw storytelling like a pianist who plays to enthrall an audience.
May Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memory be ‘for a blessing.’ What, exactly, does that mean?
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memory can be ‘for a blessing’
The right way to mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Jewish way to mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Rabbi Norman Lamm, longtime head of Yeshiva University, Dies At 92
Lamm, who helped rebuild Y.U. into the flagship institution of Modern Orthodoxy, had lost his wife to COVID-19 in April.
Rolf Hochhuth, playwright who challenged the Vatican’s WWII legacy, dies at 89
When Pius died in 1958, Hochhuth felt he had to expose the faults in his actions. “He was virtually canonized by world opinion on his deathbed.”
A South Carolina couple dies as they lived — together
“They were there for us, and I’m finding out now that they were there for everybody,” their daughter said.
Flatbush Jewish Journal publishes 50 pages of obituaries in most recent issue
The publication noted that “due to the enormity of the crisis,” it was unable to document every death that occurred in the past few weeks.