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Rabbi Albert Thaler leads a havdalah service at the Queensboro Hill Jewish Center, the synagogue where he worked for 25 years until, in 1980, becoming rabbi of Temple Gates of Prayer, also in Queens, New York.

Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Naomi Polani.

Naomi Polani, veteran performer and director dies at 96

By HANNAH BROWN

NAOMI POLANI.

Iconic Israeli singer and actress Naomi Polani passes away at 96

By HANNAH BROWN

O.J. Simpson is shown with his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and their children, daughter Sidney Brooke, 9, and son Justin, 6, at the March 16, 1994, premiere of Simpson's film "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, " in Los Angeles.

O.J. Simpson, former NFL star acquitted of his wife's murder, has died, his family says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sami Michael, the Israeli writer and civil rights activist, who died on Monday at 97.

Iraqi-Israeli writer, civil rights activist Sami Michael dies at 97

By MAARIV ONLINE , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Paul Alexander, who died on Monday, was one of the last people alive to live inside an iron lung.

Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78

By REUTERS

Holocaust survivor Ben Stern (blue shirt) leads 200 marchers in the "Bay Area Rally Against Hate" in Berkeley in August 2017. He is linking arms with his daughter Charlene Stern and Rabbi Menachem Creditor; Rabbi Yonatan Cohen of Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley is at far left.

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102

By ALIX WALL/JTA

Iris Apfel at O Cinema Miami Beach to present IRIS, by Albert Maysles.

Fashion icon Iris Apfel dead at 102

By TALI ARBEL

Ellen Bernstein, 'birthmother of Jewish environmentalism,' who died Monday night.

Remembering Ellen Bernstein, 70, the ‘birthmother’ of Jewish environmentalism

By SHIRA DICKER/JTA

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019

Brooklyn ‘Queer icon’ and progressive Jewish activist, Shelly Weiss, dies at 77

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

: Lord Jacob Rothschild speaks at an event marking the signing of an agreement between the state libraries of Israel and Russia, whereby one of the most treasured collections of ancient Hebrew manuscripts and books will be digitised and available for public view online, at the National Library of Is

Jewish, British banker Jacob Rothschild dies aged 87

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yahrzeit candle

Funeral held on Monday for Chaya Chana Twersky, wife of Rabbi David Twersky

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

More details Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple, Emeritus Senior Rabbi of the Great Synagogue, Sydney

Remembering Rabbi Raymond Apple, a special man of many pursuits

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

‘PERHAPS IT’S the mourning of Miriam to which we should all aspire.’

How do you cope with loss? New US study sheds light

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Nina Gottlieb speaks in an interview, 2023.

Nina Gottlieb, Holocaust survivor who told her story in an award-winning documentary, dies at 91

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

AMNON RUBINSTEIN (right) with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Shulamit Aloni, in 1994.

An ode to Amnon Rubenstein: The best politician Israel ever had

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

The Israeli flag.

Soldier with no bigger love than the Israeli flag killed by Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Warrant Officer (res.) Daniel Kasau Zegeye.

Fallen soldier Daniel Kasau Zegeye among first to enlist after Oct. 7

By ELI ASHKENAZI