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14 people were wounded in the terror attack at the Karkur junction.
The three will be laid to rest in Zohar, near the family’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Rabbi Ishak Haleva would be remembered as "a great leader and educator."
Kuznetsov was one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet Jewish dissident movement of the 1970s.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
IDF Maj. (res.) Ze'ev Erlich was a renowned scholar of the Land of Israel.
Thousands of Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Monday to pay their final respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who became one of the best-known of the hostages held by Hamas.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
She and her husband, Dr. Irving I. Moskowitz, donated generously and widely to Jewish and humanitarian causes worldwide, especially in Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The American-born infantryman spent more than 200 days fighting in the Gaza Strip during the current war against Hamas.
By Tzvi Fishman
Dedicated to the Jewish People and the State of Israel. May his life be an inspiration and his memory be for a blessing
Liora spent her last days with her daughter Noa.
Elinson photographed the history of Gush Etzion and Israel for 45 years.
Daniel Perez is the son of Rabbi Doron Perez of Mizrazchi.
Eitan’s death is the third of his class from the Neve Shmuel Yeshiva High School in Efrat
Fourteen other Israeli civilians were injured in the attack. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing a guided anti-tank missile at the repair crew.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Navy veteran Bill Pinkney said he should have flown a flag with a “big yellow Star of David” while sailing past Robben Island, weeks after Nelson Mandela’s release.
In 2012, JewishPress.com interviewed Shai where he told us about his amazing life.
Three people died in the accident and subsequent rescue.
The firemen entered the 8-meter pit to rescue a man who had fallen in.
January 18th is felafel day in Israel thanks to David "Dugo" Leitner.
The 23-year-old soldier from the elite Egoz unit was shot during the counter-terrorism operation.
By COLlive.com
Rabbi Harlig was the person responsible for giving the Rebbe’s Lulav and Esrog to the Chasidim in order to bless them on the days of Sukkot.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences on the passing of the former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi.
Turkel became a full Supreme Court justice in 1995, serving on that court until 2005.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The leader for 24 years at Temple Israel in Massachusetts addressed major philosophical questions in his writings.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president called the Calypso singer, actor and activist “legendary.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
His 70 years at the satire publication is part of the longest career of a cartoonist, per the Guinness World Records.
The livestream of the funeral of Lucy Dee begins at 2PM Israel time.
The victims' mother Lucy Dee is fighting for her life in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center.
Buikner was interning at Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Center and traveled to Nepal with a delegation of other young Israeli doctors volunteering at local hospitals.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Vladislav Shain "fought heroically from the very beginning of the invasion,” says Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Aliza Goldman and her husband founded the first translation agency in Israel.
The 50-year-old Teshuma, who immigrated from Ethiopia 21 ago, is survived by his wife and six children.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Arrested in 1944 for making bombs, Ornan was detained in British prison camps in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya until Israel achieved independence.
Rabbi Schwartz was awarded the Moskowitz prize for Zionism.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Cohen, 90, replaced Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef as Shas’ spiritual leader in 2013.
By COLlive.com
Dr. Zelenko became famous for his "Zelenko Protocol" at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 21, 2020, Zelenko posted a video to YouTube and Facebook addressed to President Donald Trump.
By COLlive.com
Rebbetzin Hecht, obm, was also one of the first teachers at the Beis Rivkah Girls' School in Crown Heights.
Esther Pollard had been battling cancer and recently caught the Coronavirus.
By Marc Gronich
The media would portray him as someone who would twist arms. That wasn’t who Shelly was.
Silver served in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2015.
By COLlive.com
The rabbi led a yeshiva high school for 32 years, founded a rabbinic ordination program, authored sacred books and was known for his Torah scholarship and knowledge.
The exposure of his actions have shaken the religious community.
Dimantman, in his 20s, was married and father of a toddler.
Mazar directed excavations in the City of David and the Temple Mount’s southern wall.
Yehuda was a survivor of Aushwitz. This is his story.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies in 2009, saying he was “deeply sorry and ashamed,” and was sentenced to 150 years in federal prison.
The Jewish community of Hebron mourned Hastings as the representative who wrote a resolution supporting the Jewish connection to the City of Abraham.
Chaim was an incredibly special person I knew for 28 years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dr. Thafer Eliyahu, an orthopedist in Baghdad, was nicknamed “the doctor of the poor.”
Rush Limbaugh argued that Israel must be allowed to defeat its enemies, and that would bring peace.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hershel Shanks spearheaded the release of the photographs of Dead Sea Scroll fragments that had never before been published.
"The supporting waters have vanished heavenward. Only a vast, dry seabed remains. The loss is colossal."
"Baruch was a partisan and a fighter who, throughout his life, embodied the survivors' rebirth and commitment to building a new life for himself, his family, his nation, and his country."
He once confided to me that the rhetoric and backlash was so intense at the time that he contemplated resigning.
By Tzvi Fishman
She was a role model for all of us in Hevron, both as a devoted mother and wife, and as a round-the-clock servant of the nation...
Pioneer of the revived Jewish Community of Hebron has passed at age 83.
By Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
He was an intellectual giant, but at the same time “down to earth,” always shying away from kavod. He had no airs about him. He was accessible.
Claire Shulman was the first woman to become the Queens Borough President.
The impact he had upon spreading Torah study – thereby bringing Jews closer to G-d and their faith – cannot be overstated.
By Chabad.org
In 1994, the staunch Democrat Lewis, together with arch-rival Congressman Newt Gingrich, sponsored the bill bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal for the Rebbe.
“America is better off because of John Lewis,” noted the Jewish Federations of North America, “and his legacy will live on forever in the many people he inspired to live up to his example.”
Dr. Lamm, the personification of what YU stood for, was the spokesman for its values and had a vision for how to further things along, which he projected to the outside world.
The terrorist threw down a large stone onto Amit Ben-Yigal's head from above, while his unit was searching for a group of terrorists in the town.
Schick, whose writings appeared in The Jewish Press, founded the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in 1965, and served as its first president.
Rabbi Haber was a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
By COLlive.com
Rebbetzin Faiga Korenblit, a longtime resident of Flatbush and beloved Rebbetzin of Ohel Moshe Chevra Thilim Lubavitch Shul, passed away on Shabbos.
By Chabad.org
“I’m sorry,” he told the shocked family. “We took out the wrong casket. Please wait while I return this casket and bring out Mr. Grunwald.”
Ariel University announces the passing of Chancellor Yigal Cohen Orgad, 82, a former Minister of Finance, and one of the founders of Ariel University.
Rabbi Bauman was extraordinarily dedicated to his students. He made sure every student in his class understood the material being taught, practically tailoring his teaching to each talmid.
To Rabbi Noson’s shock, the book engendered controversy. He had spent his entire life as a happy member of the yeshivah world, which he revered.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Nechama Rivlin is expected to be buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in the plot designated for the nations’ leaders and their families.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
NGO Monitor president Gerald Steinberg noted that “unfortunately, human-rights rhetoric and values are too often manipulated for narrow political agendas. [His] principled voice will sorely be missed.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau served in his position for 32 years and operated a kosher-certification supervision organization, in addition to overseeing other religious issues for the city.
Naava Livneh represented true Zionism, helping Israel simply for the sake of Israel, expecting neither praise nor enumeration.
We Jews, like other people, often succumb to the seduction of driving with our eyes glued to the rear-view mirror. We diligently dodge the dangers of yesterday while blithely ignoring the threats of tomorrow.
Above all, the Baba Sali was famed for his Sepahrdi-style farbrengens marked by song, dance, Torah, and arak. The purpose of these activities was to keep Moroccan Jewry in Israel connected to the Torah and their Torah culture.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dvora Ben Dror founded the Adi card after her son, Adi (Ehud) Ben Dror, passed away due to a chronic kidney illness in 1978, after failing to secure a kidney donation.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Moshe Arens, revered as one of Israel’s most prominent politicians, passed away at his home in Savyon on Monday morning, a few days after his 93rd birthday.
Chacham Shaul taught at his kehillah’s Magen David Yeshivah for over 30 years, and the majority of the kehillah's rabbanim and leaders today were his students.
Mom, I also look at your picture every day in my room and at work, and I thank Hashem for giving me the blessing of having had you for a mother.
Shmuel was fondly known to many as “Sam Kay.” He was a proud Jew, with a unique love for Eretz Yisrael.
By JNi.Media
Weinroth recently retired from representing the Prime Minister's wife, Sara Netanyahu, in a corruption case, after advising her to apologize and pay.
By JNi.Media
"The only point of light is that Ari did not go like a sheep to slaughter, he saved others."
"I fight anti Israel propaganda and expose those who spread it."
By JNi.Media
In 1983, Kobzon was expelled from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and reprimanded for performing Jewish songs.
By JNi.Media
A convert to Judaism who, with her late husband, Paul, author of "An Orphan in History,'' helped many assimilated Jews to seek out their Jewish heritage.
By JNi.Media
Simon did not write about Jewish subjects, but much of his work was rooted in New York Jewish life.
By JNi.Media
"He loved his country with all his might and knew the challenges of the State of Israel."
He cared about the unique personal circumstances that shaped each of the great thinkers of Jewish history.
By JNi.Media
On July 3, 1982, about a month into the Lebanon War, Avnery caused a storm when he met Yasser Arafat in the western part of besieged Beirut, and ran an interview with him.
Although she played valuable supportive roles, Rebbetzin Feinstein was a successful educator in her own right.
Rebbetzin Sheila Feinstein passed away on Wednesday evening.
During his 62 year chinuch career at YU, Rabbi Fulda taught men and women and spent three of those decades as either principal or chair of the division of Jewish studies.
Henry’s blunt account of a president whom he himself deeply admired made a strong impression on a generation that often remembered FDR through rose-colored glasses.
By JNi.Media
He was a staunch supporter of the Jewish State throughout his public career, although his views on Jewish-related issues fluctuated over the years.
Rabbi Kaminetsky was loved by all his students. He made them feel important and made them feel that they were going to succeed.
Aside from being an especially skilled sofer, Rabbi Lasdun was exemplary in his impeccable honesty, humility and yashrus.
By JNi.Media
Jean (Gita) Gluck and her husband Eugen have been among the earliest Jewish-American philanthropists who supported the settlement enterprise in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem.
By JNi.Media
In "The Plot Against America" (2004), Roth returns to his childhood years in Newark in the 1940s, in an alternative history where pro-Nazi aviator hero Charles Lindbergh is elected US president.
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