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Alice Shalvi

Israeli professor, Jewish feminism educator Alice Shalvi dies at 96

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Mary Ann Stein was the founding president of The Moriah Fund, and a past president of New Israel Fund.

Mary Ann Stein, philanthropist who supported social justice in US and Israel, dies at 80

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

PROMINENT JEWISH philanthropist Robert M. Beren, who passed away last month, attends the dedication of Ohr Torah Stone’s Beren Academic Center in Migdal Oz, in 2012.

Robert M. Beren: Remembering a Jewish philanthropic giant - opinion

By KENNETH BRANDER

A German daily called Andrea Pancur "the most important representative of Yiddish culture in Germany."

Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

Shai Nigerker (Z"l) and his partner Rina.

Huwara terror victim's widow: 'He raised my children as his own'

By Arnold Nataev/Maariv

University of Connecticut sociologist and historian Nechama Tec's 1993 book “Defiance: The Bielski Partisans” was adapted for a 2008 film directed by Edward Zwick.

Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA , BEN HARRIS/JTA

Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80

Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80

By REUTERS

Florence Berger, second from right, with her husband Toby and their children on a trip to Europe in the 1980s.

Florence Berger, 83, Cornell professor, practitioner of the art of Jewish matchmaking

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

Mary Ann Hoberman was the author of dozens of children books, including "Strawberry Hill" and “All Kinds of Families!”

Beloved Jewish children's writer Mary Ann Hoberman dies at age 92

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

Singer and artist Tony Bennett poses for a portrait before an opening of his art exhibition in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, May 3, 2017.

Legendary American singer Tony Bennett dies at age 96

By REUTERS

LL WHO knew Amnon Shapiro knew that the values of tolerance, equality, and justice were crucial religious values not only personally, but also underpinning our national identity, says the writer.

Professor Amnon Shapiro: A holy rebel - obituary

By DANIEL GOLDMAN

Candle (illustrative).

James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Prof. Simcha Yagel with the three newborn triplets at Hadassah Hospital.

Betty Woolf, last surviving sibling of world’s oldest mixed triplets, dies at age 96

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

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Robert Gottlieb, legendary editor who championed Joseph Heller, Robert Caro dies at 92

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he appears as a guest on the RAI television show Porta a Porta (Door to Door) in Rome, Italy, January 9, 2013.

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86

By REUTERS