Obituaries

According to relatives and friends, Bruce Steinberg was an investment banker, and Irene volunteered at several nonprofit organizations. The family attended the Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale.

Mr. Hershkowitz, z'l was the founder of Tomche Shabbos.

Hussein Sabih, 28, sustained a severe head injury and died after jumping from a high cliff into a waterfall in Koh Samui.

"He's so connected to the community. He is a strong part of the minyan, a very religious, really hard-working guy."

"The embassy helped organize the burial ceremony and commissioned its representative to it."

In 1985, Katz became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House.

Police estimate that 600,000 people are participating in the funeral procession.

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.

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.

He had no problem calling a spade a spade, as he did in his 2008 article about Amalek as a concept, rather than an ethnic group.

PM Rabin, born in Jerusalem, zl was the fifth prime minister of the State of Israel.

“Forty-five years he worked at the Philharmonic and literally till his last breath he served the music."

Monty Hall's wife since 1947, Marilyn Hall, died on June 5, 2017, in their home in Beverly Hills.

The terrorist exploited the fact that Ottman knew him and thus could get close before drawing his gun.

Tragically, the body of Rabbi Chaim Ashkenazi, z’l, the son-in-law of the Chief Rabbi of Mexico, Rabbi Shlomo Tawil, was pulled from the rubble.

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.

Mike was very proud of being an Orthodox Jew” recalled Jeff Leb, president and founder of the lobbying firm Capitol Consulting.

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.

The world stopped smiling on Sunday when the stage went dark in Las Vegas. Jerry Lewis was 91 when he passed away.

Finkelstein helped several Israeli politicians craft winning political campaigns, among them, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr. Kristal made sweets to thank the Russians who liberated him from the death camp, and later opened a candy shop in Haifa.

"We know the scale of pain," said Netanyahu, who knows what it's like to lose a family member in the military.

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."

At age 17 Martin Landau began a five-year stint working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News, before entering the Actors Studio.

Three years ago the rabbi immigrated to Israel, making his home in Jerusalem.

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.

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.

Rabbi Zlotowitz et al's most ambitious endeavor was the publication of the Schottenstein English Edition of the Talmud.

'Her brother was murdered by terrorists, her father was murdered by terrorists. She had a very difficult life. A very good woman.'