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Neil Sedaka, famed Jewish pop icon and hit songwriter, dies at 86 - NYT

The famed hitmaker behind "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl" died at 86 after reinventing his career multiple times.

American singer Neil Sedaka performs on BBC Top of the Pops, London, United Kingdom, 22nd November 1972.
President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial

A HOSTAGE pin on St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili's memorial brick.

WATCH: Final hostage pin removed from National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen

Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research


Ukraine's Zelensky honors Jewish victims of Babyn Yar massacre

Zelensky, who is Jewish, stated that Judaism in Ukraine is "flourishing and thriving today without any discrimination."

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorates the 82nd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre at Babyn Yar. September 29, 2023

Herzog: Those who fuel bitter Israeli division endanger the state

“Especially now, we must learn the lessons and truly understand that the internal threat within Israel is the most acute and dangerous threat of all," said President Isaac Herzog.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks at the memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War on September 26, 2023.

Netanyahu to boycott Rabin memorial ceremony in first for prime minister - report

This will mark the first time a sitting prime minister has chosen not to attend the Rabin memorial ceremony. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin, in 2019. Similar to Netanyahu, Rabin didn’t support the establishment of a Palestinian state, rather of a ‘minus-state.’

Germany probes arson at Holocaust memorial site in Berlin

The investigation into the incident was taken over by the Federal Criminal Police Office, Germany's central criminal investigation agency.

 The memorial plaque on the Platform 17 memorial site at the Berlin-Grunewald train station in Germany

Monument to Shimon Peres erected in Belarus on his 100th birthday

The monument stands in the courtyard of the house where Shimon Peres was born in his hometown of Vishnyeva, Belarus.

 Shimon Peres in 1996.

A Jewish vacation aboard a Mano cruise ship

As graduates of several very good cruise lines, we found Mano a bit of a culture shock, and while some of our fellow-Israeli holidaymakers were difficult, the children enjoyed every moment.

 A MANO PERK – an Elvis impersonator who really looked the part, singing all the famous Elvis hits in Russian-accented Hebrew.

Protest leaders: March from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is ‘historic’

Despite a lack of planning for this protest, everything came together in time.

 ANTI-JUDICIAL REFORM demonstrators block a road during a protest near Yokne’am, in the Lower Galilee, on Tuesday. The sign reads ‘Free in our land.’

Titanic museums criticized for honoring Titan sub victims

The two Titanic museums held memorial ceremonies in which the names of the five Titan victims were added to the list of Titanic’s victims.

 A view of a truck with an OceanGate branding within the boatyard near the company headquarters at the Port of Everett complex in Everett, Washington, US June 22, 2023.

Israeli school displays memorial poster of living former students, sparks outrage

A poster used wording usually used for fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terrorism, including saying a girl had "fallen" as a junior.

 The Kfar Pines Ulpana

Gov't to discuss memorial of Diaspora Jewish victims of antisemitic terror

The government will launch a committee that will be tasked with presenting recommendations to Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli.

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli during the cabinet meeting on January 29, 2023.