
Jonathan Lincoln Rosner
July 23, 1941 - May 24, 2025
Date and Time
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Service
KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
1100 East Hyde Park Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60615
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Clergy
Rabbi Daniel Kirzane
Cantor David Berger
KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
Interment
Oak Woods Cemetery
1035 East 67th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Shiva
Rosner Residence
5337 South University Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60615
773.469.1892
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Wednesday and Thursday
4-8PM
Minyan at 7PM
The service will be live streamed on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11AM Central Time.
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Memorial Contributions
KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation
1100 East Hyde Park Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60615
www.kamii.org
Doctors Without Borders
40 Rector Street, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10006
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
WFMT
5400 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
www.wfmt.org
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
PO Box 97077
Washington, DC 20090
www.jcfs.org/hias
OBITUARY
Jonathan Rosner attended Swarthmore College and earned a PhD in Physics from Princeton University. He was a post-doc at the University of Washington, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, and a professor at the University of Minnesota before serving as a professor at the University of Chicago, where he researched and taught for 43 years. Jon was a renowned expert in Standard Model and Flavor Physics and made many fundamental contributions to the field of high energy particle physics in his long and illustrious career.
His congregation, KAM Isaiah Israel, was deeply important to him, almost a second home. Jon loved the joyousness of studying Talmud and Torah, and he loved services filled with kavanah and song.
Jon loved hiking in the mountains, fishing, and traveling throughout the world. His HAM radio exploits began at a young age and continued throughout his life.
Jonathan is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joy Rosner, their children, Hannah Rosner and Ben Rosner, and their granddaughter Sadie Rosner.
He was a kind, gentle, humble and brilliant soul. A loving husband, father, colleague, and friend, Jon will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Services Wednesday, 11AM at KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation, 1100 East Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60615. Interment Oak Woods Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation, www.kamii.org, Doctors Without Borders, www.doctorswithoutborders.org, or WFMT, www.wfmt.org.
To attend the funeral livestream, please visit our website. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Buffalo Grove Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com