Obituaries
“The world has lost a great man and a great scholar,” wrote Richard Ovenden, head of the Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford.
The singer and actor, who was president of ZOA’s California chapter, died on May 21 at the age of 95.
“The story of Chaim Topol’s life has been sealed, but I am certain that his contribution to Israeli culture will live on for generations,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The late Mountain Jew cared for sites and co-religionists from the Mizrahi tradition.
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman told JNS that Amitai was “a dear friend and valued counselor during my 24 years in the Senate.”
Arrested in 1944 for making bombs, Ornan was detained in British prison camps in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya until Israel achieved independence.
