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I greatly admire the example she set for all Americans on dedication to causes greater than oneself, as well as civility, humility and faith. That will always be her legacy.
Alan Ettlinger, president of KAJ told The Jewish Press, “Rav Gelley, zt”l, was a talmid chacham who had the entire Torah at his figure tips as demonstrated by his shiurim. The rav was a warm and caring individual who was both a friend and a father figure to the entire kehilla.”
By Chezky Rodal
He took pains to greet and get to know those who were overlooked by others.
The British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has passed away at age 76.
By Michal Lieff
I keep thinking that it’s so fitting that on the last Simchas Torah of his life, he got the honor of Chosson Beraishis. He really deserved it. Zeidy was the most giving person.
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Since the passing of the IDF enlistment law by Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, Rabbi Auerbach enhanced his struggle against army service.
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Gouri's songs are an inseparable part of the Israeli ethos.
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Alexander Boroda, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, told Arkady Vaispapir’s sons: "With your father’s departure, the whole world has lost a hero."
MK Yitzhak Herzog spoke about the rabbi’s modesty and spiritual power, and said his impact on haredi Judaism would continue to be felt for generations.
By Guest Author
40 years ago, Arthur Marcus (ZT"L) established the Central Fund of Israel, allowing the transfer of tax-exempt donations to Israel. In this way, he transferred close to 20 million dollars a year to 300 non-profit organizations.
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Monty Hall's wife since 1947, Marilyn Hall, died on June 5, 2017, in their home in Beverly Hills.
For almost twenty years, Volodya and Maria Slepak were, without exaggeration, the undisputed leaders of the historic movement for the spiritual and physical freedom of Soviet Jewry.
By Marc Gronich
Mike was very proud of being an Orthodox Jew” recalled Jeff Leb, president and founder of the lobbying firm Capitol Consulting.
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He made the news recently when he attacked the Queens Museum in his district for canceling a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the UN vote to establish a Jewish state in then Palestine.
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He could have chosen the easy service offered to an outstanding athlete. He preferred, instead, to serve as a combat soldier in the Sayeret Egoz special forces unit.
"It’s time to understand that we need to end the Palestinians’ illusions that they will ever have control over our land."
Three years ago the rabbi immigrated to Israel, making his home in Jerusalem.
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According to Diardio de Chiapas, Helbrans' group of about 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish families entered Chiapas three weeks ago legally from Guatemala, after having been expelled.
By Dovid Gold
Rabbi Zlotowitz likened the story of ArtScroll to watching an oak tree grow out of a small acorn, ultimately sprouting into something with immeasurable impact.
More than thirty years ago, Mr. Goldman pioneered the use of solar thermal energy as the founder of Luz International, Ltd., where he served as its CEO.
The loss of Benny Elon is a loss for all of Am Israel. Benny Elon was a Jewish hero. A great great man. Rav Benny was the ultimate mensch.
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Yevtushenko's Babi Yar described both the Nazi atrocities and the Soviet government's own persecution of Jews.
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The Who's Pete Townshend who studied under Metzger claimed the latter's teachings had inspired him to destroy guitars onstage at the conclusion of his band's concerts.
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Rubinger was the Israeli photographer who shot the famous photo of three Israeli paratroopers after the liberation of the Western Wall on the third day of the Six-Day War.
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Spielberg called his mom “my lucky charm” during his 1994 Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Director, for Schindler’s List.
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During the Second World War, Grazhbile and her mother opened a garment workshop for Jewish women living in the ghetto.
By Jason Maoz
Plaut was raised in a non-Orthodox Zionist home in Philadelphia (he became increasingly observant after making aliyah in 1981).
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Rafsanjani was sought by the Argentinian government for ordering the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires.
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According to his son, Nick, he was surrounded by family and listening to Billie Holiday when he died.
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Reynolds had a stroke while working with her son, Todd Fisher, on funeral plans for Carrie.
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Her 1986 marriage to Prince Frederic von Anhalt entitled her to pass on as Princess von Anhalt, Duchess of Saxony.
Dr. Heimlich discovered the Heimlich maneuver.
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He visited the Bank of England and met the Chief Cashier, who presented him with one of the notes which he had forged in the concentration camp more than sixty years earlier.
Cuba's communist dictator Fidel Castro passed away at age 90.
If you ask “What are you” – you destroy the world. If you ask “Who are you?” you build the world…” (Shlomo Carlebach).
Leonard Cohen passed away this week at age 82.
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As a sign of a changing relationship between Jews and Blacks, in 1982 the Harvard Black Law Students Association objected to Greenberg's teaching a civil rights course jointly with black lawyer Julius L. Chambers.
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Much of his work consisted of de-constructing the prevailing approach viewing Rabbinic Judaism as a single religious movement within which the various Rabbinic texts were produced.
"Shimon's story is ... the story of a people who, over so many centuries in the wilderness, never gave up on that basic human longing to return home."
I remember him at the table of a French restaurant, when he whispered in my ear, it’s tastes good, but nothing compares to your mother’s salad. To him, Israel’s cucumbers and tomatoes were the finest of delicacies.
Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.
During a political career that spanned 73 years, Peres served as prime minister, president, and Knesset member for 47 consecutive years, the longest anyone has served in the Israeli parliament. H
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Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres, who took part in establishing Israel's security apparatus and served 48 consecutive years as MK passed away following a stroke.
With his high energy and commitment to contributing to the klal, Uri looked for gaps to fill.
Love is knowing how to make the other person feel important and needed.
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At its peak, the Crazy Eddie chain had 43 stores and reported more than $350 million in sales annually.
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Friedman recalled, "On the way home, another sailor kissed me, just one on the cheek and went on his way. The sailors were especially happy."
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"At any minute the guard could shoot you for not liking the way you looked at him," Peck recalled. "They would shoot you for nothing."
Former Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer has passed away at the age of 80.
By Jason Maoz
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, pioneer in Jewish outreach, founder of the international Hineni organization, and Jewish Press columnist for more than fifty years, passed away Tuesday at the age of 80.
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The Wilfs, both Joe and Harry, were not just philanthropic donors to the RCA, stressed Herson, but took an active role in the continued growth of the educational institution.
By dvora
His life was an example of Torah, middos and humility in action.
Hundreds accompanied US-born IDF lone soldier Shlomo Rindenow, z'l on his final journey to rest in Netzer Hazani.
Remembering Rabbi Maurice Lamm (1930-2016)
By dvora
Wiesel was criticized by some in the Orthodox community for what they viewed as his rejection of faith in God after the Holocaust. But Weisel, who studied Jewish religious texts daily throughout his adult life, resented the allegation.
“Elie Wiesel was the collective moral compass of the Jewish people,” said Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky.
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For ten years after the war, Wiesel refused to write about or discuss his experiences during the Holocaust.
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Zisser captured the Israeli public's imagination, especially in the religious sector, in the early 1980s, when he initiated the founding of the city of Emanuel in Samaria.
By Jason Maoz
“He had a strong connection to Torah and was very respectful of Torah scholars,” he added. “He was self-educated man who was well read and business savvy.”
Alan Weinkratz was a well-known figure in the Israeli hi-tech startup scene.
Dr. Irving Moskowitz z"l has been called the Montefiore and Rothschild of our time.
By Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Sport teaches us who we really are. It is not just entertainment or therapy for those who watch, but a glimpse of the infinite possibilities of life.
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In 1977, following an auto accident in Beverly Hills that left him in critical condition with a crushed spleen, he was inspired to pursue a career in comedy.
Grove played a critical role in the decision to move Intel’s focus from memory chips to microprocessors and led the firm’s transformation into a widely recognized consumer brand.
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"My life began with Ronnie," she told Vanity Fair magazine in 1998.
“Every free minute that he had from the army when he was still a soldier he would spend with his family and children... he would be outside with his children on the bike, or playing basketball or football. He truly gave all his time to his family.”
The security guard at the supermarket apparently did not check the teen terrorists before allowing them in.
He would walk the halls of the hospital seeking out people to whom he could direct his chesed.
Rebbetzin Shifra Nebenzahl, the wife of HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlit"a has passed away over the weekend.
The mother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad died Saturday in a Damascus hospital at age 86.
Even though Daddy and Zaidi were less verbal, they could speak volumes to each other with a mere few words.
Shlomit Krigman HY"D (24) was stabbed by the two terrorists yesterday.
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Pop kabbalist Madonna said she was "devastated" by the news of Bowie's passing.
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“Anyone looking for the image of the modern Hellenist, should gaze at the image of Sarid,” Ben-Ari wrote.
Former Education Minister, left-wing leader and journalist Yossi Sarid died Friday night of a heart attack at age 75. His funeral will be held at 3 p.m. at Kibbutz Givat HaShlosha.
President Reuven Rivlin described Yitzchak Navon as a "noble man" after the fifth President of Israel died on Saturday. He called him "unceremoniously aristocratic, a president who came from the people, and whom the people greatly loved and appreciated." Rivlin added: Yitzchak was a man of spirit and action, who alongside Ben-Gurion dealt with the establishment […]
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Satmar dynasty’s major supporters, billionaire Rabbi Yeshaya Wolf Lev, passed away at 88.
When he showed up in the beis medrash in 1951 we all knew we had someone special in our midst.
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“Demon” is a take on the famous figure of Jewish folklore—the dybbuk.
By Shalom Bear
Cheshin was known for his judicial activism and firmly believed in judicial oversight over Knesset laws.
The body of Amir Shlomo Ohana (28), who went missing in Uman over Rosh Hashana, has been found in a lake.
Dr. Sacks was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, neurologists.
The Tosher Rebbe, z'l, has passed away at the age of 95. Baruch Dayan Emes. May his memory be for a blessing.
An American lone soldier, Coby Burstein, 25, was laid to rest Monday following a deadly motor vehicle accident near Beit Shemesh.
The body of missing Israeli back packer Dor Cohen has been found in Georgia.
An Israeli citizen is killed in Thailand while traveling from Pattaya to Bangkok.
For all those years he asked God to bless our congregational family with health, happiness, prosperity, and nachas from our families.
Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has died at the age of 55.
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Katz’s Deli, a Lower East Side institution since 1888, has issued a statement in memory of its departed chef.
The funeral for Rabbi Yekutiel Menachem Rapp is to pass by 770 Eastern Parkway Tuesday at 3:45 pm ET.
In his poem, my father pictures himself standing on a hill in the Auschwitz death camp overlooking the barracks, surrounded by white snow, ash, and bone.
The Klein home, just a few doors down from 770, was open to visitors from all streams of life.
Boro Park Vizhnitzer Chassidic leader Rabbi Pinchas Shalom Hager, z'l, passes away at age 67.
By dvora
I’ve had such a rich and meaningful life. Of course I wish I had more time.
Actress and comedienne Meara Stiller died on Saturday at age 85.
Nobel Prize winner John Nash (86) and his wide Alicia Nash (82) were killed in a car crash on Saturday night in New Jersey.
Robert Wistrich, considered the world's leading historian on anti-Semitism, died in Rome late Tuesday from a heart attack. He was 70 years old. He was scheduled to address the Italian Senate on increasing anti--Semitism in Europe. Wistrich was professor of Jewish history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and headed the university's Vidal Sassoon International Center […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
PM Netanyahu sent a letter of condolences to the Levinger family on the passing of the late leader Rabbi Moshe Levinger, who was known for his life work in establishing the modern Jewish community of Hebron and as one of the founder of the Gush Emunim settlement movement.
Among those who spoke were President Ruby Rivlin, Minister Uri Ariel, Rabbi Dov Lior and Rabbi Haim Druckman.
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