Obituary

Those who met her witnessed her political and social strengths firsthand.

Rabbi Lipa Dubrawsky, known for his positive influence on so many, dies at 56

Had strong relationship with Chabad-Lubavitch rebbes

Educator, radio-show host and renowned Torah scholar Rabbi Yosef Goldstein.

Served storied neighborhood and City College of New York

Rabbi Hecht served as the spiritual leader of Sephardic congregations for more than 65 years.

A life that coincided with the growth of Chabad-Lubavitch in America.

Influential senator described as a unique friend of Israel and the Jewish people

Jacob Kolton, a Holocaust survivor moved thousands with his story of a renewed faith late in life despite the atrocities he endured

On the issues of religious freedom and Israel’s right to self-defense, former Sen. Arlen Specter – who lost a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma Sunday at the age of 82 – left little doubt as to his positions.

Joe Kubert, the pioneering comic artist who passed away Monday night, drew for a variety of audiences and outlets, including a Chabad-Lubavitch children’s publication whose storylines saw a pair of American kids exploring key moments of Jewish history.

International businessman and philanthropist Sami Rohr, whose communal heart and financial acumen funded Jewish community centers around the globe and laid the groundwork for a rebirth of Judaism across the former Soviet Union, passed away Sunday.

Rabbi Yosef Wineberg, once called Chabad-Lubavitch’s “globetrotting ambassador” and the first in the United States to have a regular class on Chabad philosophy broadcast over the radio waves, passed away Wednesday at the age of 94.

Physicist Cyril Domb, whose advancement of theoretical physics led to new understandings of everyday phenomena, passed away last week at the age of 91. A mathematical prodigy, he also was an accomplished Talmudic scholar and authored dozens of articles on the interplay between the Torah and science, in addition to several Jewish scholarly works.

Professor Velvl Greene, former chair of epidemiology and public health at Ben-Gurion University, professor emeritus there, and director of its Lord Jakobovits Center for Jewish Medical Ethics, passed away at the age of 83.

Rebbetzin Bassy Azimov, daughter of the famed Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov and one of the driving forces behind Paris’ Jewish rebirth in the second half of the 20th century, passed away Monday. She was 67.

Rabbi Shalom Ber Lifshitz, whose dedication to the physical and spiritual wellbeing of new Israelis nurtured entire communities of freshly-arrived refugees from locations around the world, passed away last month.