Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel dies
Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel died on Monday at the age of 88.
Born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to Austrian immigrants. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s law school in...
Defense Minister Gallant’s mother, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 88
Fruma Gallant, the mother of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, died on May 11 at the age of 88.
Fruma, née Segal, was born in Poland and survived World War II and the Holocaust. She...
Rabbi Harold Kushner, 88, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People’
Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author and rabbi of 24 years at the Conservative Temple Israel Natick, Mass., where he earned the title rabbi laureate, died on April 27. He was 88 years old.
“He was...
Israeli cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen dies at 76
Israeli literary, musical and overall cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen died on Wednesday aged 76.
“It is hard to imagine the existence of Israeli art, our anthems, the worlds of literature and theater without his unique...
Hashomer Hachadash mourns the loss of volunteer Rina Dee
Weeks before Palestinian terrorists murdered her, 15-year-old Rina Dee was in a field in Moshav Bar Giora with other young volunteers on behalf of the HaShomer HaChadash movement, pruning vineyards to make room for seedlings.
The HaShomer...
Last surviving Nuremberg trial prosecutor dies at 103
Benjamin (“Ben”) Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, passed away on April 7 at the age of 103.
According to The New York Times, he died at an assisted-living facility in Boynton Beach,...
Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103
There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II.
The German-born...
Joe Woolf, 94, helped connect fellow veterans of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence
Joe Woolf, a South African Jewish volunteer in the foreign-fighters unit Machal who conducted research that helped preserve that group’s legacy for 75 years after Israel’s War of Independence, died on Feb. 28 at...
James Caan, best known for role of Sonny in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82
Santino (“Sonny”) Corleone was a hot head whose life ended in a hail of bullets.
James Caan, the Jewish actor who played the iconic role in “The Godfather,” lived much longer than that, though was...
Frank Nikbakht, Iranian American Jewish activist, dies at 68
Frank (Faryar) Nikbakht, an Iranian Jewish community activist and expert on anti-Semitism propagated by the Iranian regime died in Los Angeles on June 12. He was 68 years old.
Iranian Jewish community members in Los...