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Obituaries

Claire Huber

Claire Huber

Published January 9, 2025

Claire Huber, January 1, 2025 Beloved wife of the late Robert Huber. Loving mother of Daniel (Steven Miller) Huber. Dear sister of the late Irwin “Irv” Rosen. Beloved daughter of the late Albert...

Edward Marshall Rosen

Edward Marshall Rosen

Published January 8, 2025

Edward Marshall Rosen, Ph.D., January 28, 1930 – January 6, 2025 Edward passed away peacefully with family by his side in Durham, North Carolina. Beloved husband of Sharon Kirsch; dear...

Bruce Fleissig

Bruce Fleissig

Published January 7, 2025

Bruce Fleissig, August 21, 1953 – January 3, 2025 Bruce “Fly” Fleissig passed away too early on January 3, 2025, at age 71, from complications following surgery.  He was born on Aug. 21, 1953,...

Lois Carol Alper

Lois Carol Alper

Published January 7, 2025

Lois Carol Alper passed away peacefully on January 6, 2025, at the age of 87. Born on June 28, 1937, in Newark, New Jersey, Lois lived a life devoted to her family, friends, and community. Lois never...

French far-right party Front National founder and honorary president Jean-Marie Le Pen looks on at the foot of a statue of Joan of Arc during the party's annual rally in honour of Joan of Arc in Paris, May 1, 2015. (Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images)

Convicted French Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 7, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French leader who espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric and was convicted of Holocaust denial, has died at 96. His death was announced on social media by Jordan Bardella,...

Ivan Irl Schenberg

Ivan Irl Schenberg

Published January 5, 2025

Ivan Irl Schenberg, January 4, 2025. Beloved husband of Adele Schenberg (nee Ginsberg) for 61 years, proud father of David L. (Tami) Schenberg and Micki (Mike) Wochner, adoring PaPa to Araia Wochner,...

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...

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