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Rabbi Levinger is most remembered for reestablishing Jewish life in Hebron and establishing the town of Kiryat Arba.
Two Jews, a women CEO of a start-up and a Naval Academy students, were among the seven people killed in Tuesday night's crash of a speeding Amtrak train in Philadelphia. The family of CEO Rachel Jacobs, who was active in the Reform Jewish community, said in a statement, “This is an unthinkable tragedy. Rachel was […]
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Her passing is a great loss to the Eretz Yisrael movement, to Hevron the City of our Forefathers and to her family.
Bartoszewski began his diplomatic career at the age of 68 as Poland's ambassador to Austria before serving as foreign minister in 1995 and again from 2000 to 2001.
Police have closed the entrance to Alon Shvut, where eulogies for Har Etzion Yeshiva Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein will begin around 10 a.m. Rabbi Lichtenstein, who lived in Alon Shvut, died on Monday at the age of 81. Thousands of mourners who are expected to attend the eulogies and burial may park their cars in the […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his sorrow over the passing of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Monday. "Rabbi Lichtenstein's knowledge found expression in his literary works. He served generations of students," said the Prime Minister. He added, "When I gave him the Israel Prize a year ago, I saw before my eyes a great rabbi, teacher and […]
He followed and spread the teachings of his late father-in-law, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
Alfred Taubman, who helped shopping in the United States by developing malls, died of a heart attack while at home on Friday, He was 91. Taubman was known for philanthropy, especially in his native Michigan, where was a large contributor to the Detroit Institute of Arts. "Al Taubman changed the way America shops. But his […]
She had many names and was many things to many people, but to me she was just Babineni.
Yehuda Avner dedicated his life to the State of Israel.
Lee Kuan Yew, the man who essentially created modern Singapore died on Monday at age 91.
"I mourn the passing of Minister Uri Orbach, a writer, a journalist, a spiritual man and a Jewish patriot," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday afternoon following the death of the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) minister and Knesset Member. Netanyahu added, "Uri won over all who listened to him with his charm, knowledge and deep […]
His death is a great loss to his family and to Israel at-large well as the Bayit Yehudi party.
Sir Martin's Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict can be found on many Jewish bookshelves.
By Rachel Levy
A U.S. defense subcontractor for Elbit died mysteriously in Saudi Arabia on Jan 15. His body's still held there.
Carl Djerassi's research led to the invention of oral birth control pills.
The names of the IDF soldiers killed by Hezbollah at Mount Dov on Wednesday have been released for publication.
The former editor-in-chief of Haaretz passed away at age 67 in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, the rabbi of Kfar Chabad in Israel, was buried in Tiberias on Thursday, two days after he died on his way to the city to visit a cemetery. He was 71. Rabbi Ashkenazi was driving on Tuesday to his father's grave for his yahrzeit, the anniversary of his death, when he […]
The author of "From Time Immemorial" passed away last night.
Esther Lieberman, the mother of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, dies Thursday, forcing her son to cancel a speech in the United States to attend the funeral and sit Shiva in his home in Nokdim, located in eastern Gush Etzion. Liberman flew home from Switzerland, where he was attending a policy conference. He was slated to […]
Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry died early Sunday at age 78.
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Charley Levine, a top public relations professional in Israel and well known in Ango-Israeli circles, has died.
He and his wife Shelly were one of the most influential American couples in Israel.
Carol Ann Susi, the actress who plays the Jewish mother of Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory died at age 62 of cancer.
By Marcy Oster and Ron Kampeas
"Ralph was an iconic and transformative figure who embodied the notion that all ‘Jews are responsible for one another’ throughout his long and extraordinary life,” said JDC's CEO, Alan Gill.
Harari is most famous for leading Golda Meir's Mossad task force to kill all the Munich terrorists.
Abdel Rahman Zuabi (Zoabi), the first Israeli-Arab to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice, died on Sunday at age 82.
Although outrageously busy with their successful businesses, both Larry and Jane found time to do a tremendous amount of volunteer work.
The outspoken Jewish comedienne Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday.
If something was right, he performed it with full dedication and determination, in a timely and respectable manner.
Comedian Robin Williams passed away at age 63 in his Northern California home. He was 63. Williams wasn't Jewish, but he was certainly funny enough to have been one.
Film director and producer Menachem Golan, of Golan-Globus fame, passed away on Friday, August 8, at age 85.
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Rabbi Yaacov Arar, who served as the chief rabbi of Athens for over four decades, has died.
Major Benaya Sarel was supposed to get married on August 21, his funeral was held on Saturday night.
Mrs. Beck took personal interest and was hands-on, sharing with her children, grandchildren, and others the wonderful values that she stood for.
Tommy was the last member of the band that defined, inspired and spearheaded punk rock music in the US and the UK.
Far from missiles and mortar shells, Canadian Israeli Philanthropist David Azrieli has passed away at the age of 92.
Conrad Morris, a philanthropist and businessman, passed away on Saturday night.
Uri Elitzur, the Editor of Makor Rishon and Sololov journalism prize winner, passed away on Thursday at age 68.
The former director of the 92nd Street Y is dead after hanging himself last Friday at his home in Seagate.
Al Feldstein, the former long-time editor of Mad Magazine who turned Alfred E. Neuman into an American icon, died in Montana on Tuesday at the age of 88. Neuman, a freckle-faced nerd without a front tooth, was Feldstein’s vehicle to pan everyone, without regard to race, creed, religion or social status. After George Bush was […]
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Jacob Birnbaum mobilized students to call on the Kremlin to stop the oppression of Soviet Jews.
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Rivka Haut, a foremost advocate for agunot, Orthodox women who have been refused a religious divorce and also a founder of the Women of the Wall founder was buried this week after she succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. At the Women of the Wall prayer service on Tuesday, the worshipers recited […]
Iran's Chief Rabbi, Chacham Rabbi Yosef Hamadani Cohen died over Shabbat.
Peretz Sontag, a widely respected Orthodox Jew from Monsey who has been missing for 10 days, was found dead in his car that crashed over a ravine. Police are not treating the death as a suicide. After he was reported missing, police said that Sontag had been depressed and indicated he might harm himself. His […]
Retired Supreme Court Edmund Levy, who headed a three-man committee that debunked allegations that Israel is an “occupier,” died Tuesday night at the age of 72. He served on the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2011, capping a legal career that began with studies at Tel Aviv University several years after his family immigrated to […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Moscowitz died after not waking up during a routine surgical procedure on Tuesday.
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A New Jersey rabbinical student on his way to morning prayers was struck by a garbage truck and killed in Brooklyn. Gedalia Gruntzweig, 25, a student at Tiferes Bachurim, a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in Morristown, was visiting friends in Crown Heights on Sunday for a pre-wedding party. Gruntzweig, a Ukraine native, was pronounced dead at the […]
By JTA
Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old Holocaust survivor and concert pianist whose life was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died. Herz-Sommer, who was believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor and was still playing the piano, died Sunday morning in London. “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life,” the 38-minute film about her […]
One is remembered for his mitzvahs and good deeds, and Rabbi “Heritage House’ Schuster will be remembered forever.
Sid Caeser, one of the Jewish pioneers of comedy on television, is literally irreplaceable.
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Gordon Zacks, a founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition and an unofficial adviser to George H.W. Bush, has died. Zacks, a businessman who also was chairman of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School named for his mother, died Saturday at home in the Columbus, Ohio, area following a brief illness. He was 80. He was among […]
Barry Rubin's was a rare voices of clarity in the Israeli academia and in Jewish media. He was one of the good guys.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Legendary folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger, who died on Monday in New York City at the age of 94, left behind a complicated if not questionable legacy when it came to Israel. Famous for 1960s hits like “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” Seeger […]
The wife of Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tatiana (Tania) Edelstein passed away on Thursday night at age 63. The Edelsteins became religious while still living in the USSR, where Tatiana was a Hebrew teacher and promoted Aliyah until they were allowed to leave to Israel. While still in the USSR, Yuli was arrested, as Jewish […]
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He died peacefully in his home in New York, surrounded by family.
"Over his entire brief but meaningful life, Sammy has taught all of us about courage, struggle, strength, and wisdom."
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away Thursday night in his Johannesburg home, at the age of 95. Mandela spent 27 years in a South African jail, until he was freed in 1990. He served as president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. In 1994, Mandela became the first black president of South […]
If you really love Israel, get out your Kleenex to wipe the tears as Peres and Netanyahu sing together the epic “You and I, We'll Change to World” by the late Arik Einstein. Lyrics are below so you can sing along and cry.
Bracha Kapach, wife of a scholarly rabbi from Yemen and more widely known as the “Chicken Lady,” died Tuesday morning in Jerusalem at the age of 90. She earned her nickname because of her individual charity effort to make sure that poor Jews would have chicken and other foods for the Shabbat and holidays. The charity […]
My grandmother, Mrs. Irene Klass, passed away three years ago after a long and full life, Baruch Hashem. My grandmother paved the way for us, trying to make sure that we would have a path to follow on our own long journeys.
Memories and thoughts of you my beloved husband are always with me. It is the third yahrzeit of your death and I remain bereft.
Holocaust survivor and noted Jewish Philanthropist Sam Halpern passed away at the age of 93.
A restlessly inventive solo artist over the past 40 years, he was harsh, unpredictable and challenging.
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Rabbi Avraham Zuckerman, founder of the Bnei Akiva yeshiva network and a leader in the national-religious movement in Israel, has died. Zuckerman, whose Bnei Akiva network included some 60 institutions, died Saturday night. He was 98. A Lithuania native, he moved to prestate Israel in 1936. Zuckerman studied in Poland and Israel under Rabbi Yaakov […]
Daniel Blatt was a typical success story of a Jew who left behind his Jewish education. He said that after he produced “Rain on Entebbe,” he came back to his Jewish roots. Blatt died in Los Angeles at the age of 76.
World Jewry lost one its greatest Torah sages and political leaders Tuesday. Rabi Ovadia Yosef, known affectionately as Rav Ovadia, has passed away at the age of 93, but his memory will be a blessed memory for millions.
Rabbi Philip Berg, founder of the controverisal Kabbalah Centre passed away on Monday
Zakheim frequently used his access to ambulances and helicopters to transfer sick or injured individuals to hospitals.
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Alvin Kushner, the former executive director of what is now the JCRC of Metropolitan Detroit, died Monday at the age of 88. Kushner led what was formerly known as the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit from 1974 to 1988, where he began his tenure in the 1960s. His term was marked by the Soviet […]
Gormé was born as Edith Garmezano in The Bronx, New York, in 1928, the daughter of Sephardi-Jewish parents.
Monday, Tu B’Av (July 22), marked the 23rd yahrzeit of late Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, a world-renowned communal rabbi and chinuch activist who inspired many with his books and talks. Rabbi Hecht had a unique relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe and carried out many important missions and projects at his directive.
Helen Thomas, who in this paper's view, is most famous for her anti-Semitic statement that Jews "should get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Germany, Poland and the United State, died on Saturday at age 92.
Financier and "King of Commodities” Marc Rich died on Wednesday following a stroke in Switzerland at the age of 78. He was a long-time philanthropist who supported Israel and became a citizen of the country. He will be buried on Israel on Thursday. Rich was born in Belgium, and his family fled the Nazis to […]
By Shalom Bear
Rabbi Uzi Meshulam (60) died on Friday afternoon. Meshulam was an activist who claimed that thousands of Yemenite babies were taken away from their families by the Israeli government when they were brought to Israel between 1948 and 1954 . Meshulam's activism escalated until it resulted in a standoff between Israeli police and Meshulam's followers […]
Anerican actor James Gandolfini, whose depiction of Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos,' about a troubled mobster trying to balance his family life and his life of crime, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome. The presumed, but not yet confirmed, cause of death is a heart attack. Gandolfini won three times both the Prime […]
Frieda Hikind, mother of New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, died on Noonday at the age of 95. Her funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m. (EDT) at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park. Mrs. Hikind suffered a massive stroke last week after having been hospitalized for several weeks in Maimonides Hospital. She was born in Czechoslovakia […]
The world's oldest Jewish person has died in New York City at age 113, the Star Tribune reports. Evelyn Kozak's granddaughter, Brucha Weisberger, says she died early Tuesday in a hospital after suffering a heart attack the day before. Kozak was the world's oldest documented Jewish person and the seventh-oldest person in the world, according […]
Growing up in North Woodmere, Long Island in the 1960’s was tantamount to being immersed in a spiritual wasteland. My parents, Rabbi Meshulem and Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis were the rabbi and rebbetzin of Congregation Ohr Torah, the only Orthodox synagogue in the area at that time. Since there were no yeshivas for me to attend locally, my parents sent me to a yeshiva in Queens called Ohr Yisroel.
Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth, who compiled the widely used “Shmirat Shabbat K’Hilkhatah," died Monday night in Jerusalem at the age of 85. Tens of thousands of Jews rely on his two-volume book on the laws of Shabbat. He upgraded the first version more than 20 years ago to change several leniencies that he later prohibited. He […]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey died Monday at the age 89. His life was a classic Jewish rag-to-riches story of a young man who worked his way to business and political success.
By Nadia Matar
It is with great sadness that we heard about the passing last night of our dear friend Attorney Howard Grief . Howard Grief, author of the amazing book "Legal Rights and Title of Sovereignty of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel and Palestine under international law" was a passionate lover of Israel and […]
By Gila Arnold
He never boasted about his accomplishments, preferring to work hard in the background.
Millions of Americans this week are mourning Dr. Joyce Brothers, the Jewish psychologist and media start who died Monday in Fort Lee, New Jersey Monday at the age of 85. She was buried at the Beth David Cemetery on Long Island. Born in Brooklyn, she earned degrees in psychology from Cornell and Columbia. She broke […]
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Fred Lafer, a longtime leader of several Jewish institutions, died Tuesday in New Jersey after suffering from leukemia. Lafer served as president and chairman of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy beginning in 2000. He also was chairman of the executive committee of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem's board of directors. He also […]
Samaritan High Priest Aharon Ben Av-Hisda died in his home in Mount Grizim on Friday.
British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher on the day of her funeral, saying that “in public, her leadership style was more like Moses than Aaron, more conviction and confrontation than compromise and conciliation. “But we need both. Aaron was more loved than Moses. The sages said that when Aaron died, […]
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Tens of thousands of people participated Friday afternoon in the funeral procession of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, the eldest son of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and of the most influential rabbis in Israel. Yaakov Yosef died Friday afternoon at the age of 66, succumbing to a long struggle with […]
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- History will remember former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for relentlessly facing down communism and helping to turn back more than three decades of socialist advance in her country. But it was Thatcher's embrace of British Jews and insistent promotion of Jews in her Conservative Party that inspired an outpouring of tributes […]
Once the children were grown, my aunt decided to give love and care to many lonely, elderly Jewish women in Williamsburg.
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Rabbi James Diamond, the retired director of Princeton University's Center for Jewish Life, has died in a traffic accident after leaving a breakfast Talmud study group. Rabbi Diamond, 73, who retired from the center 10 years ago, was killed when a speeding car crashed into a parked car which the rabbi was entering on the […]
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Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, has died. Schacter, the first U.S. Army chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, died Thursday. He was 95. Along with serving as chairman of the Presidents Conference from 1967 to 1969, he […]
Even while he was severely ill, he was determined not to change his daily agenda despite his pain.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58. He has been the president of Venezuela since 1999.
Rabbi Menachem Froman died Monday night at has home in Tekoa in Gush Etzion, where 200 of his students and followers sang and prayed instead of learning with him a weekly lesson in the mystical Zohar.
Joseph (Yossel) Friedenson carried the title of “rabbi,” but his “pulpit” was far wider than any within four walls.
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In 1971, Hartman and his wife Bobbi and their five children, made aliyah to Israel with plans to establish an institute for Jewish studies in Israel
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