Obituary

Judah Gribetz, lawyer and counsel behind landmark Holocaust restitution plan, dies at 97 - report

Gribetz was best known for creating a plan that distributed $1.288 billion in restitution to victims of the Holocaust.

Judah Gribetz, center, huddled with Gov. Hugh L. Carey, left, and Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, during a meeting of New York’s Emergency Financial Control Board in 1977.
Clive Davis (r) with Aretha Franklin at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, April 19, 2017

Clive Davis, influential Jewish rock-and-roll executive, dies at 94

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

A master musician: Michael Tilson Thomas’s compositional legacy

Artist David Hockney poses in front of his work during the "Do You Remember They Can't Cancel The Spring - David Hockney 25" Exhibition at Louis Vuitton Foundation on April 7, 2025 in Paris, France.

David Hockney, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, dies at 88


Stef Wertheimer, founder of ISCAR and Zionist visionary, dies at 98

Stef was the patriarch of one of Israel's richest families, having built up his ISCAR business from the ground up.

 Stef Wertheimer pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office, May 21, 2013.

‘Big’ George Foreman, the last great heavyweight champ, dies at 76 - obituary

Known as “Big George,” Foreman’s life story is a drama in three parts.

HAMBURG, GERMANY - JULY 02: George Foreman poses before the WBC Heavyweight World Championship fight between Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine and David Haye of England at Imtech Arena on July 2, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.

Dore Gold, influential diplomat and Netanyahu confidant, dies at 71

“He was endowed with unique intellectual integrity, capability for action, and genuine love for the State of Israel," Netanyahu said.

Dore Gold

Anan Safadi: A pioneer of English-language journalism in Israel

Anan Safadi’s legacy as a pioneering journalist continues to be remembered by those who followed his work.

 Anan Safadi, a beloved former journalist at The Jerusalem Post.

Remembering Moshe Arens three years on: a politician and a mensch - opinion

Rest in peace, Misha. We, who are led by Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, have neither peace nor rest.

 MOSHE ARENS, in 2016: Even those who did not share his principles, respected his perseverance, says the writer.

What an obituary writer learned by saying goodbye to hundreds of people

All of us deserve an image that says who we are and were, and not a low-resolution snap from an old yearbook or a blurry vacation photo.

A Jewish gravestone with symbolic rocks, portrayed as newspaper clippings.

Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

Yarrow wrote the music for the Peter, Paul and Mary's best-known composition, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with lyrics by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton.

 Peter Yarrow performs at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas at a three-day Vietnam War Summit, April 28, 2016.

Remembering Clinton Bailey, Ben-Gurion interviewer and Bedouin expert

Buffalo-born Dr. Bailey's interview with David Ben-Gurion was the basis of a major film, and he was also the creator of an archive of Bedouin life at the National Library of Israel.

 Clinton Bailey at his Jerusalem home.

'A brave leader': Netanyahu, Herzog react to Jimmy Carter's death

Both President Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed condolences on their official social media.

 Then-US president Jimmy Carter receives a farewell ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel, March 14, 1979

Famed Jewish record producer Richard Perry dies at 82

Colleagues memorialize one of the main movers of the Los Angeles music and film celebrity world in the 1970s.

 RICHARD PERRY and actress Jane Fonda attend an event in 2016 in Beverly Hills.