Jewish Psychologist-Media Star Dr. Joyce Brothers Dies

Posted on: May 16th, 2013

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 [...]

Fred Lafer, Longtime Jewish Leader, Dies

Posted on: May 1st, 2013

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 Dies (87)

Posted on: April 19th, 2013

Samaritan High Priest Aharon Ben Av-Hisda died in his home in Mount Grizim on Friday.

Britain’s Rabbi Sacks Says Thatcher as More like Moses than Aaron

Posted on: April 18th, 2013

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, [...]

Ten of Thousands at Funeral of Son of Rav Ovadia Yosef

Posted on: April 14th, 2013

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 [...]

Thatcher Remembered for her Affection for Britain’s Jews

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

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 [...]

My Tanta Shirley’s Enterprise

Posted on: April 7th, 2013

Once the children were grown, my aunt decided to give love and care to many lonely, elderly Jewish women in Williamsburg.

Princeton’s Rabbi James Diamond Killed in Traffic Accident

Posted on: April 3rd, 2013

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 [...]

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, former Chair of Presidents Conference , Dies at 95

Posted on: March 22nd, 2013

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 [...]

Former MK Marina Solodkin Passed Away at 60 in Latvia

Posted on: March 17th, 2013

Former Kadima Knesset Member Marina Solodkin passed away on Saturday night at the age of 60. Solodkin was in Riga, the Latvian capital, at a conference against Fascism. She is survived by her husband and two children. According to the Russian news agency, she was found dead in her hotel room, and doctors believe she [...]

The Neshchizer Rebbe Passed Away

Posted on: March 6th, 2013

Even while he was severely ill, he was determined not to change his daily agenda despite his pain.

Hugo Chavez Dies

Posted on: March 6th, 2013

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58. He has been the president of Venezuela since 1999.

Rabbi Froman of Tekoa, Gush Etzion, Dies after Long Illness

Posted on: March 4th, 2013

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.

Rabbi Joseph Friedenson, Yiddish Journal Editor, Dies At 93

Posted on: February 27th, 2013

Joseph (Yossel) Friedenson carried the title of “rabbi,” but his “pulpit” was far wider than any within four walls.

Jewish Philosopher Rabbi David Hartman Dies at 81

Posted on: February 10th, 2013

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

Hiz Onner Ed Koch Dies at 88

Posted on: February 1st, 2013

Koch never met a solicitation for an opinion that he didn't like.

Cardinal Glemp Dies at 83, Made Anti-Semitic Statements

Posted on: January 24th, 2013

According to Dershowitz, Glemp "was forced to apologize" as the result of Dershowitz's lawsuit against him.

Mayor of Ariel, New University City, Passes Away

Posted on: January 20th, 2013

Ron Nachman, the Mayor of the Samarian city of Ariel, passed away after losing his battle to bladder cancer.

‘Dear Abby,’ Jewish Woman of Wisdom and Grace, Put Down her Pen

Posted on: January 18th, 2013

One of Pauline's most famous quotes was: "It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister."