Beloved Departed
Weekly Obituaries
Defying Horrors of Teenage Years in Auschwitz, Joshua Kaufman, 95, Embraced Life
Joshua’s reunion with the American soldier who liberated him at Dachau Concentration Camp was captured in the 2015 History Channel documentary The Liberators: Why They Fought.
Cynthia Weil, Grammy-winning Songwriter, Dies at 82
Along with Barry Mann, her husband of 62 years, she wrote some of the most iconic songs of the 20th century.
Remembering Jonathan Omer-Man
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man, who died this month at 89, was a Renaissance man who walked many paths and deeply influenced all who knew him.
Rabbi Harold Kushner, Whose Works of Practical Theology Were Best-sellers, Dies at 88
In his famed works, Kushner labors to reconcile the twin Jewish beliefs in God’s omnipotence and his benevolence with the reality of human suffering.
Defying Horrors of Teenage Years in Auschwitz, Joshua Kaufman, 95, Embraced Life
Joshua’s reunion with the American soldier who liberated him at Dachau Concentration Camp was captured in the 2015 History Channel documentary The Liberators: Why They Fought.
Cynthia Weil, Grammy-winning Songwriter, Dies at 82
Along with Barry Mann, her husband of 62 years, she wrote some of the most iconic songs of the 20th century.
Remembering Jonathan Omer-Man
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man, who died this month at 89, was a Renaissance man who walked many paths and deeply influenced all who knew him.
Rabbi Harold Kushner, Whose Works of Practical Theology Were Best-sellers, Dies at 88
In his famed works, Kushner labors to reconcile the twin Jewish beliefs in God’s omnipotence and his benevolence with the reality of human suffering.