Famous jews

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Despite its grief, the Jewish world also took time to celebrate the lives lived by a constellation of figures who made lasting contributions to film, architecture, politics, and Jewish scholarship.

18 notable Jews who died in 2025.
Odessa A'zion at A24's "Marty Supreme" New York Premiere on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York, New York.

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’

PAUL SIMON performs onstage at the 2021 Global Citizen Live concert at Central Park in New York. ‘I find it hard to believe that your father, a professor of education, would have approved of your recent stance,’ the writer asserts.

Paul Simon shattered my dreams: Support for Barghouti is profoundly dissapointing - opinion

 (Illustrative) TURNING POINT USA executive director Charlie Kirk speaks at US President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day ceremony at the Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20, 2025.

'A shining light for the American Jewish community': US Jewish leaders, groups grieve Charlie Kirk


A Jewish Super Bowl trifecta

Of the NFL’s 32 teams, 10 have Jewish owners.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS owners Mark (left), Zygi (center) and Leonard Wilf.

Tiffany Haddish talks about her Jewish heritage

'Girls Trip' comedian says she is a 'Jew-Jo,' pays a visit to her father's Eritrean village

Tiffany Haddish in the film, "Girls Trip."

Neuroscientist, the son of a cantor, wins Nobel Prize for Medicine

The prize awarded to Rosbash, 74, and two others was for their discoveries about molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s daily rhythm.

Michael Rosbash, a Brandeis University professor, proof-reads a press release after being named as a co-winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Monty Hall, original host of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ game show, dies at 96

Monty Hall received a lifetime achievement awards at the Daytime Emmy's in 2013.

Game show icon Monty Hall accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award

7 Jewish Playboy playmates from over 60 years of nudity

Playboy never tracked the religion of its models but here's a list of seven Jewish women who appeared in the magazine.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his playmates pose

Jerry Lewis, comedy legend and charity fundraiser, dies at 91

Lewis traveled to Tel Aviv for a weeklong film festival in his honor, produced in association with the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archives.

Comedian Jerry Lewis reaches out to cover the camera lens as he arrives at the 12th annual American Comedy Awards.

An Ode to Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) from a Pakistani fan

The Jerusalem Post

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Jewish Olympic gymnast hits back against haters

Gold medalist Aly Raisman takes to social media to post about body empowerment

Alexandra Raisman of the US competes in the women's gymnastics balance beam final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games

Aly Raisman is the most famous Jewish athlete, according to ESPN

Raisman will be 26 when the 2020 Olympics kick off in Tokyo, but she’s planning to compete again.

Aly Raisman