Obituaries
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar mourns Klára Schneiderová as a “dedicated senior diplomat and a true friend to Israel.”
“As a judge, and as a Jew, I consider that everything I do reflects God and affects His image,” the judge once wrote.
“He didn’t talk the talk. He walked the talk as well, both personally and professionally,” said his daughter-in-law, Jan Weintraub.
Rabbi Yisroel Rubin “leaves behind a tremendous legacy, serving as a Chabad emissary for the Capital Region for 52 years and playing an instrumental role in shaping the capital region’s Jewish community,” the governor told JNS.
The Jerusalem-born rabbi headed Yeshivat Hashalom, a leading center for the study of Jewish mysticism.
“He literally just was one of the guys,” YU head coach Elliot Steinmetz told the New York Post.
The Berlin-born Jewish artist fled Nazi persecution as a child and lived in Shanghai and Israel before becoming an icon of 1960s American pop culture.
Widawski, a younger brother and an uncle were the only members of the family to survive the Nazi extermination of Jews.
“Gloria was iconic,” Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president, told JNS. “This is a sad day for women.”
The Nobel laureate transformed understanding of the ribosome, advanced the fight against antibiotic resistance and demonstrated the power of persistence.
US President Donald Trump announced that he would lower the American flag nationwide for one week in honor of the star of sound and stage.
Although he won praise for historic moments, like heralding Likud’s victory in 1977, he drew rebuke for a documentary portraying Israel as a brutal occupying power in Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
