Israel’s First Lady Nechama Rivlin laid to rest; praised as a devoted mother, grandmother and Zionist “You never wanted to be in the limelight, but you understood that as the president’s wife you had a role to fill,” said Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin. June 5, 2019
World leaders offer words of praise, comfort, condolence on passing of Nechama Rivlin U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman posted: “Her strength in the face of adversity will remain an inspiration to all who knew her.” June 5, 2019
Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, dies at 73 Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau called her a “woman of valor,” who for many years “stood by her husband as he served the public with endless devotion and humility.” June 4, 2019
President Reuven Rivlin honors Israeli nurses on International Nurses Day The Israeli Health Ministry and Nurses Union chairwoman Ilana Cohen praised nurses as “the most important asset in ensuring the public-health system is stable and strong.” May 16, 2019
Knesset holds ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Holocaust remembrance ceremony The ceremony, established 20 years ago by then-Knesset speaker, Holocaust survivor and partisan fighter Dov Shilansky, was named for a poem by the famed Israeli called Zelda. May 2, 2019
Voters in full swing at polling stations throughout Israel The official results of the polls will be published on Thursday evening or Friday morning, but about 90 percent the results are expected to be tallied as early as Wednesday afternoon. Malkah Fleisher April 9, 2019
Wife of Israeli president rushed to hospital, Rivlin on way back from Canada Nechama Rivlin, 73, was suffering from a “severe shortness of breath with a cardiac link,” according to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah, where the operation occurred and where she is currently hospitalized. April 2, 2019
Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, gets lung transplant Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s wife, Nechama, 73, received a new lung after being matched with a donor: 19-year-old Yair Yehezkel Halabli, who drowned on Friday while diving in Eilat. March 11, 2019