Obituaries

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.

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.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has died at the age of 91. Crown Prince Salman succeeds the monarch.

Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, the rabbi of Kfar Chabad in Israel, was buried in Tiberias on Thursday, two days after he died on his...

Chabad Education Chairman Rabbi Krinsky vows vibrant Jewish life will continue in Paris.

The author of "From Time Immemorial" passed away last night.

Iconic Jewish entertainer Joan Rivers was generous to the end with family, friends and staff, and also supported Jewish causes.

Esther Lieberman, the mother of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, dies Thursday, forcing her son to cancel a speech in the United States to attend...

Thousands attended a Jerusalem memorial service to mark the end of seven days' mourning for five terror victims.

Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry died early Sunday at age 78.

Charley Levine, a top public relations professional in Israel and well known in Ango-Israeli circles, has died.

PM Binyamin Netanyahu issues an unusually intense warning of a 'terrorist assault against Jerusalem' incited by the PA leadership.

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.

Thousands attended the funeral of Border Patrol chief inspector Jadan Assad in the Druze village of Beit J'an.

Pres. Rivlin vowed Hamas terror would not stop Israel from building across Jerusalem.

After lying in coma for months, 83-year-old Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani has died, Iranian media reported Tuesday.

The mountain trek of a lifetime has ended for Israeli hiker Michal Gili Charkesky, whose body was recovered from the Himalayas.

"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.

A dynamic young man who left this world far earlier than expected still managed to help another Jew, even from beyond the grave.

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.

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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.