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Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

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Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

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Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
Steve Silberman (center) receives an inclusion awareness award at a fundraiser for Chabad of Cole Valley's Community for Jewish Seniors program in 2017, as he stands next to Rabbi Nosson Potash (left) and the late Ken Kramarz, a longtime director of Camp Tawonga. (Courtesy Potash)
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Steve Silberman, San Francisco science writer who pioneered autism rights, dies at 66

by Patricia Corrigan September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

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