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 In such circumstances, the ventilator becomes a ‘bridge to nowhere’ (Illustrative).

Assisted dying – mercy or murder?

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
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The silent suffering of grandparents after a loss

By YAEL BENVENISTI
 Adam Abeshouse produced and engineered recordings for major classical labels in a career that spanned over 30 years.

Adam Abeshouse, Jewish producer of classical recordings, dies at 63

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 AMBULANCES ARE parked at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital emergency room.

During Shabbat: Gate crushes child to death, dog severely bites another child

71st Tony Awards – Show – New York City, U.S., 11/06/2017 - James Earl Jones - Tony Lifetime Achievement.

James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93

By REUTERS
 RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN interviews in Jerusalem, May 29.

Dear Rachel: A bereaved mother's letter to the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By HEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ
Queenie Hallegua was the warden and managing trustee of the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India — one of the oldest synagogues in the Commonwealth countries.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 THE WRITERS attend a meeting in the Knesset.

A quiet revolution is providing dignity to widowed parents

By YEHUDA GLICK , HADAS DISSEN-GLICK
In books like "Eros and the Jews," David Biale sought out areas of Jewish history often overlooked by other historians.

David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Yevgeny Perder, 50, killed by a Houthi attack on Tel Aviv on Thursday night.

Yevgeny Perder, 50, named as victim of Houthi drone strike on Tel Aviv

 HOW CAN a person approach holiness after coming close to death?

Parashat Chukat: Protest against death

Rabbi Burt Jacobson leads a pre-Passover seder as part of a protest at a Nevada nuclear test site on April 12, 1987.

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

By ALIX WALL/JTA
Vehicles get stuck at an area affected by landslide due to bad road conditions after three days of heavy rain at Myagdi, Nepal, October 20, 2021.

Nepal landslides kill nine, including 3 children

By REUTERS
 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 4, 2024

International Widows Day: The wives and children of the IDF’s fallen soldiers

A person holds out a bottle at an informal brewing facility that makes fake whisky, brandy, vodka and other spirits, in Harare, Zimbabwe March 23, 2023

Death toll rises to 54 in India liquor tragedy

By REUTERS
 View of the grave of Tair Rada that was vandalized by unknown attackers, at the Katzrin cemetery, Golan Heights, January 27, 2023.

One of Yemen's last Jews laid to rest by his Muslim neighbors

Morrie Markoff in 2023.

Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 MUSIC PRODUCER Steve Albini in his Chicago studio in 2014.

Steve Albini, influential record producer and musician, dies at 61

By AUGUST BROWN