Obituaries

When awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020, former President Donald Trump called Rush Limbaugh "a special man beloved by millions of Americans."

Hershel Shanks spearheaded the release of the photographs of Dead Sea Scroll fragments that had never before been published.

Former US Secretary of State George Shultz, top American diplomat in the governments of two Republican presidents, has passed away, his family said on...

In 1954, Dayan founded Maskit, a fashion and decorative arts house that created jobs for new immigrants and preserved Jewish ethnic crafts and culture.

Only by shedding light on a subject, said Rabbi Dr. Twerski, can one drive away the darkness and begin to heal the pain.

Rabbi Twerski is survived by his second wife Dr. Gail Twerski, three sons, a daughter and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Rabbi Soloveitchik was considered by the Briskers to be one of the last authentic remnants of a pre-World War 2 Lithuanian yeshivas.

In the early 1980s, he helped establish the settlement of Efrat and served for more than four years as the head of the settlement and the first head of the local council.

"While it was his name appearing in the shows’ titles, Larry always viewed his interview subjects as the true stars of his programs."

Did you know giraffes are kosher?

In April 2020 the Rothschild Foundation donated NIS 50 million to 22 Israeli hospitals for the purchase of badly needed medical equipment to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

"The supporting waters have vanished heavenward. Only a vast, dry seabed remains. The loss is colossal."

"Baruch was a partisan and a fighter who, throughout his life, embodied the survivors' rebirth and commitment to building a new life for himself, his family, his nation, and his country."

He once confided to me that the rhetoric and backlash was so intense at the time that he contemplated resigning.

Erekat was one of the most prominent PA spokespersons in the Western media.

While a student at Cambridge, he met with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who convinced him to seek rabbinic ordination and enter the rabbinate.

The rabbi's brother is Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, the spiritual leader of the Staten Island branch of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim.

"We are all working at understanding this huge event."

The reins of management are set to pass to Lee’s only son, Jay Wai Lee.

In April, Rabbi Rispler defended New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who rebuked the Chassidic community following a crowded funeral for a victim of the pandemic.

To the Jews of Ashdod, the Rebbe was known as the person to whom to turn with the question on “what to do next," regardless of affiliation.

She was a role model for all of us in Hevron, both as a devoted mother and wife, and as a round-the-clock servant of the nation...

Pioneer of the revived Jewish Community of Hebron has passed at age 83.

"The Rebbetzin was an exemplary mother who raised a great man and many descendants, all soaked in her noble personality."

So many people in the Crown Heights Chabad-Lubavitch community are stunned at the loss of a man who was a walking encyclopedia of medical contacts.

“Laws as protectors of the oppressed, the poor, the loner, is evident in the work of my Jewish predecessors on the Supreme Court."

Funeral details have yet to be worked out.

“We have lived in our land for thousands of years, we held onto it and will not let go, even when our enemies try again and again to harm us.”

He was an intellectual giant, but at the same time “down to earth,” always shying away from kavod. He had no airs about him. He was accessible.

Claire Shulman was the first woman to become the Queens Borough President.