Rev. William Sloane Coffin, 1924-2006; Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, 1921-2006

May their memories be for a blessing. How ironic - and yet somehow appropriate - that they should make their exit in a year and week when Pesach and Easter, the quintessential Jewish and Christian feasts of liberation, occur in biblical order.

The NYT has excellent obituaries of both Coffin and Hertzberg.