Obituary
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Lahav played a major role in shaping popular Israeli music across generations and wrote the lyrics for many songs that have become embedded in the country’s canon.
Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87
Robert Mueller, special counsel who probed but did not charge Trump, dies at 81
Who was Ali Khamenei, Iran’s brutal dictator killed in Tehran bunker strike?
Mourning Ed Mlavsky – Israeli hi-tech’s catalyst for growth - opinion
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.
Jenessa Schwartz, Bay Area day school teacher and cancer ‘thriver,’ dies at 41
In 2022, Schwartz won the Ruby Award from the San Francisco-based Jewish Learning Works for excellence in Jewish youth education and engagement.
Arie Levanon, Israeli composer, dies at 91
One of his personal favorites was the song “Tiyul B’Shnaim” (“A Walk for Two”), performed by Ran & Nama, which he considered his greatest contribution to Israeli music.
Alice Shalvi - The secret of eternal youth
Prof. Alice Shalvi passed away on Monday at 96.
Israeli professor, Jewish feminism educator Alice Shalvi dies at 96
She is survived by five of her six children, 21 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren, which is quite a legacy for someone who escaped Nazi Germany in time.
Mary Ann Stein, philanthropist who supported social justice in US and Israel, dies at 80
A supporter of Palestinian as well as Israeli Jewish rights, she served as co-president of Americans for Peace Now and supported then-President Bill Clinton’s criticism of Israeli settlement policy.
Robert M. Beren: Remembering a Jewish philanthropic giant - opinion
Mr. Beren’s impact on the Jewish community, and especially on Jewish education, has been of global magnitude. He spent his life supporting countless major Jewish institutions.
Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54
Although raised Catholic, Pancur felt an affinity with the Yiddish musical culture that thrived for centuries across Europe before its devastation by the Holocaust.
Huwara terror victim's widow: 'He raised my children as his own'
Silas Nigerker's partner told Maariv that he had been going to Huwara for errands all the time.
Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92
When Tec set out to write a book about the Bielski brothers, she sought to fill in omissions and correct distortions created by their almost-total excision from historical accounts of the Holocaust.
