Obituaries

Fruma Gallant was born in Poland and survived the Nazi Holocaust. She came to Israel as a child on the famed "Exodus" ship in 1948.

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

The leader for 24 years at Temple Israel in Massachusetts addressed major philosophical questions in his writings.

The president called the Calypso singer, actor and activist “legendary.”

After intense efforts to save his life, Hatzolah paramedics were forced to declare the performer's passing a few minutes before the start of the Sabbath.

His 70 years at the satire publication is part of the longest career of a cartoonist, per the Guinness World Records.

The livestream of the funeral of Lucy Dee begins at 2PM Israel time.

The victims' mother Lucy Dee is fighting for her life in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center.

Topol’s artistic career was launched in the early 1950s, when he joined the IDF's Nahal entertainment band.

Buikner was interning at Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Center and traveled to Nepal with a delegation of other young Israeli doctors volunteering at local hospitals.

The rabbi devoted his life to Jewish education, in addition to leading the Ohev Shalom synagogue in Williamsburg.

His LZ algorithm served as the basis for compression technologies such as TIFF, PNG, ZIP, GIF, PDF, and MP3.

He studied Nazi race theory and participated in pre-military exercises.

"The mission fire that burned in Rabbi Druckman has not been extinguished; its sparks lie deep in the hearts of thousands of his students.

The rabbi contracted COVID-19 earlier this month for the second time this year.

Jerusalemites used to say that Elka was the grandmother of half of Jerusalem.

Vladislav Shain "fought heroically from the very beginning of the invasion,” says Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Moshe Azman.

Aliza Goldman and her husband founded the first translation agency in Israel.

The 50-year-old Teshuma, who immigrated from Ethiopia 21 ago, is survived by his wife and six children.

A 10th generation Jerusalemite, Salomon was a descendant of Rabbi Avraham Solomon Zalman Zoref.

Rabbi Cohen zt"l served for decades as the leader of Khal Tomchei Torah in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush before moving to Lakewood.

Arrested in 1944 for making bombs, Ornan was detained in British prison camps in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya until Israel achieved independence.

Elyakim Haetzni was among the founders of Kiryat Arba, and helped re-establish the Jewish community in Hebron.

Rabbi Schwartz was awarded the Moskowitz prize for Zionism.

In 1996, Gorbachev ran for president of Russia but won only 0.51% of the vote.

Cohen, 90, replaced Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef as Shas’ spiritual leader in 2013.

In 2018, Pick suffered a stroke on board a flight from London to Israel and was hospitalized for an extended period.

The Metropolitan Police Department has offered up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator/s of this heinous murder.

Newton-John dabbled in Kabballah in her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude.

Rabbi Weiss has served as head of the Eida HaChareidis since July 14, 2003.