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An undated photo of Ann Gonski. (Photo/Courtesy Gonski family)
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Ann Gonski, Camp Tawonga leader for decades, dies at 72

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 27, 2023December 28, 2023
Members of Berkeley Moshav. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — Dec. 2023

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Death announcements for the week of Dec. 22, 2023

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Lifecycles announcements for the week of Dec. 22, 2023

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20 Jewish celebrities who died in 2023

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Rabbi David Ellenson, who served for 12 years as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, has died at the age of 76. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy HUC)
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Rabbi David Ellenson, former president of Reform seminary and widely admired mentor, dies at 76

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 7, 2023
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Death announcements for the week of Dec. 8, 2023

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Norman Lear attends the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony honoring Marla Gibbs on July 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amy Sussman-Getty Images)
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Norman Lear, Jewish creator of pioneering TV comedies including ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101

by Andrew Lapin December 6, 2023
Shlomo Avineri at the Halifax International Security Forum in 2014. (Photo/JTA via Wikimedia Commons)
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Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023

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