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Judith S. Kaye, the daughter of Jewish Polish immigrants who became New York State’s first woman chief judge, has died. She was 77. Kaye, who had cancer, died Wednesday night, said Acting New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Eugene Pigott. In a statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted Kaye’s “trailblazing” legacy. “Throughout her 25-year career…
BOSTON — Dr. Robert Berger, an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon who discredited medical experiments conducted by the Nazis, has died. Berger, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary who risked his life fighting with the resistance, died Jan. 1 in Boston of complications from a heart attack. He was 86. The director of clinical research in The Beth…
Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister had a fascination with Nazi regalia. Motorhead’s hard-living “Lemmy” Kilmister, who sparked controversy when it was revealed he had an extensive collection of Nazi memorabilia in his home, has died. He was 70. Kilmister, the band’s frontman and bassist, was hailed by fans as a legend and rock icon after news…
Arlin M. Adams, my great-uncle and lifelong mentor, died peacefully at his home in Philadelphia last night. His accomplishments as a lawyer, advocate and public servant were nothing short of extraordinary. He served for more than 17 years as one of the most highly-respected judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;…
The song “Sugar Daddy” from John Cameron Mitchell’s musical “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” extols the thrills of sponsored shopping: “a Waterpik, a Cuisinart/ and a hypo-allergenic dog./ I want all the luxuries of the modern age,/ and every item on every page/ in the Lillian Vernon catalogue.” Like Hedwig, much of America kvelled from…
Jewish basketball pro Dolph Schayes, a 12-time All-Star voted one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history, has died. Schayes, who had terminal cancer, died on Thursday in Syracuse, New York, at the age of 87, the New York Times reported. Schayes was, according to a 2014 article in The New York…
Tibor Rubin, who survived two years in the Mauthausen concentration camp and then two-and-a-half years in a Chinese prisoner of war camp during the Korean war, died at age 86. Rubin died Saturday in Garden Grove, Calif. His death was attributed to natural causes. Born in Paszto, a Hungarian shtetl of 120 Jewish families, Rubin…
Yossi Sarid, an Israeli commentator and former cabinet minister who was the country’s most acid-tongued dove, died on Friday of a heart attack, aged 75, the broadcaster where he worked said. At Army Radio, Sarid used his morning show, “The Last Word,” to rail eruditely against conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, especially regarding stalled…
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