Obituaries
“Puff the Magic Dragon is forever,” said his two children.
“She always talked about the day when she would finally hear the applause of Heaven for the life she lived. That day is today,” wrote her husband, Joshua Washington.
Infamous for his antisemitism, he founded the National Front Party in 1972.
The Holocaust survivor’s journey from Nazi persecution to Olympic glory made her one of the most inspiring Jewish sports figures of the 20th century.
“His key role in creating the historic 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty will always be remembered with appreciation,” per the American Jewish Committee.
For years after World War II, he worked with the U.S. military to track down and identify SS leaders who had disappeared.
Henri Borlant, together with his brother, sister and father, were crammed into cattle cars with 824 others on July 20, 1942, and deported to Auschwitz.
“The way I learned it, you sell on Rosh Hashanah and buy back on Yom Kippur,” said the “altar boy from Jersey City” who had the “chance to learn a little Yiddish.”
The Jewish writer first made his mark with the popular “Europe on $5 a Day.”
U.N. official Bertrand Ramcharan called her a “pillar of the human-rights movement.”
Marcus “rightly took greatest pride in honoring the Jewish calling of tzedakah, making a tremendous difference for worthy causes,” stated Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
In recent years, Ebert’s accounts on TikTok and other online platforms garnered more than two million followers.
