Adam Bismut founded and was the CEO of the start-up company SightBit, which developed a camera that helps rescuers see activities and signs of distress in the water from a long distance.
Berger was raised by a single mother and came to Israel as a lone soldier.
He relished spending time with friends, traveling abroad, savoring good food, engaging in sports, and holding a special bond with his five nephews.
Finkelstein was an acclaimed author of nonfiction books and biographies for older children, including many on Jewish subjects.
He is remembered as having warned of an attack before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, but was ignored by military intelligence.
From working in journalism at the Jerusalem Post to working in politics, Avi-Hai never tired in his love of Israel or his love for the Jewish people.
Herbert Gold, a prolific, San Francisco-based novelist and poet known for his story “The Heart of an Artichoke,” died on Nov. 19 at age 99.
Sheila (Shelley) Akabas, a professor of social work at Columbia University, pioneered research into how labor and management could expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
There has been little recognition of the outsized role that he played in parlaying the cutting-edge technologies of Israeli companies into successful joint ventures with US firms for mutual growth.