Obituaries

Leonard Cohen passed away this week at age 82.

Few have done so much to enlighten so many.

He never boasted about his accomplishments, preferring to work hard in the background.

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.

Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp, 66, is struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Crown Heights.

The former chief of the KGB bequeaths evidence about Raoul Wallenberg for future generations, in papers found in a suitcase.

After 9/11, Newsweek quoted him as saying: "Today, the world is not the same as it was yesterday. If we are the same as we were yesterday, then it is pure folly."

Shmuel was fondly known to many as “Sam Kay.” He was a proud Jew, with a unique love for Eretz Yisrael.

Mom, I also look at your picture every day in my room and at work, and I thank Hashem for giving me the blessing of having had you for a mother.

"Over his entire brief but meaningful life, Sammy has taught all of us about courage, struggle, strength, and wisdom."

The terrorist threw down a large stone onto Amit Ben-Yigal's head from above, while his unit was searching for a group of terrorists in the town.

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

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

"If you are reading this, something has probably happened to me . . . I am grateful for the privilege to defend our beautiful land and the people of Israel."

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 Netanyahu said IDF Major Ben Ari, z'l was an elite commander, a "courageous fighter, he was the salt of the earth."

Mazar directed excavations in the City of David and the Temple Mount’s southern wall.

A descendant of Vizhnitz Hasidim who survived the Nazi Holocaust, Mrs. Shwekey immigrated to Israel as a child before moving to the US.

“Elie Wiesel was the collective moral compass of the Jewish people,” said Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky.

I’ve had such a rich and meaningful life. Of course I wish I had more time.

AIPAC mourns former Israeli president Shimon Peres, 'indefatigable advocate for justice and human progress.'

Robert H. Arnow was a champion of higher education for Bedouin women.

He and his wife Shelly were one of the most influential American couples in Israel.

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

“I was the baby of the family, and I'm still convinced I was a mistake.”

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.

Two murder suspects have been arrested in Hungary in connection with the death of Jerusalem resident Ofir Gross, z'l.

Rebbetzin Sheila Feinstein passed away on Wednesday evening.

Nechama Rivlin is expected to be buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in the plot designated for the nations’ leaders and their families.

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.