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Death announcements for the week of June 28, 2024

by J. Staff June 27, 2024June 28, 2024
Rabbi Burt Jacobson
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Rabbi Burt Jacobson, a political activist and founder of Kehilla, dies at 87

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 24, 2024June 25, 2024
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Death announcements for the week of June 14, 2024

by J. Staff June 14, 2024June 14, 2024
Morrie Markoff in 2023. (Photo/Courtesy The Brain Donor Project)
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Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
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Posted inJewish Life

Death announcements for the week of May 31, 2024

by J. Staff May 31, 2024September 9, 2024
Marc Klein in the Jewish Bulletin newsroom in 1994 with (from left) Sue Barnett, Taryn Thomas and Leslie Katz.
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Marc Klein, former editor who led J. into the digital age, dies at 75

by Dan Pine May 28, 2024May 31, 2024
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Death announcements for the week of May 17, 2024

by J. Staff May 17, 2024May 17, 2024
Barbara Rosenberg with President Ronald Reagan. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rosenberg)
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Philanthropist Barbara Rosenberg, a ‘force of nature,’ dies at 91 

by Sue Fishkoff May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
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Death announcements for the week of May 3, 2024

by J. Staff May 3, 2024May 6, 2024
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
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With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024

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