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Obituaries

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 2, 2025

As a teenager, Agnes Keleti’s athletic pursuits were interrupted by the Nazis, who murdered her father along with more than 500,000 other Hungarian Jews. As a centenarian, she became a global sensation...

Sheldon Sandmel

Sheldon Sandmel

Published December 31, 2024

Sheldon Sandmel, December 29, 2024 Sheldon Sandmel passed peacefully during the early hours of December 29, 2024. He was the beloved husband of the late Michele "Mickey" Sandmel; dear father...

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Sheri Rentchler

Published December 31, 2024

Sheri Rentchler (nee Guller) died December 29, 2024. Daughter of the late Edward Guller, late Barbara Guller, and late Bernice Guller. Beloved wife of the late Lenard Rentchler, who passed away in...

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Bernadine Kahn

Published December 30, 2024

Bernadine Kahn, December 28, 2024 Beloved wife of the late Myron E. Kahn. Dear mother of the late David (Barbara) Kahn, Elaine (Leslie) Zigler and Hilton (Linda) Kahn. Loving grandmother of Devon (Kevin)...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shaking hands at the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accords signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 17, 1978. (Wikimedia Commons)

Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

Sarah Wildman, JTAPublished December 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jimmy Carter, the one-term president who brokered the historic Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but earned pariah status in some corners of the Jewish community for his...

Kenneth Balk

Kenneth Balk

Published December 27, 2024

Kenneth Balk passed away on December 26, 2024. He was the son of the late Max and the late Esther Balk; beloved husband of Susan Margolis Winter Balk and the late Harriet Balk; dear father of Mindy...

Marcus Tufts Cohn

Marcus Tufts Cohn

Published December 27, 2024

Marcus Tufts Cohn, October 14, 1940 – December 21, 2024 Beloved son of the late Charmian (Edlin) and Waldo E. Cohn and son-in-law of the late Denora (Yedlin) and Ben Friedman. Dear husband,...

Loretta Rose Rifkin

Loretta Rose Rifkin

Published December 25, 2024

Loretta Rose Rifkin (10/11/21), lover of unicorns and all things Frozen, passed away on 12/20/24 after a seven-month long battle with a rare type of Medulloblastoma. She was just two months past her...

Edward Balk

Edward Balk

Published December 25, 2024

Edward Balk, 96, 9/16/28 - 12/24/24 Edward Balk, son of the late Eva and Jack Balk, beloved husband for 62 years of the late Rita Balk, brother of the late Noma (the late Arthur) Simon. Brother-in-law...

Jerome J. Sincoff

Jerome J. Sincoff

Published December 23, 2024

Jerome J. Sincoff, November 7, 1933 – December 18, 2024 Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA, passed away on December 18, 2024. A lifelong resident of St. Louis, he was the son of the late Elma and the late...

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Michael David Moss

Published December 23, 2024

Michael David Moss, 2/10/40 – 12/16/24 Son of the late Morris Moss and the late Gina (Harrison) Moss; Brother of the late Deborah Weber (the late Stanley); Hershey Moss (Susan); Leslie Moss (Sandra);...

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Rae Kootman

Published December 23, 2024

Rae Kootman peacefully passed away on December 22, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Rae was born in St. Louis on May 25, 1933, the oldest of Joe and Rose Ziglin’s four children. Throughout...

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