Judaism

Long-time Israeli photojournalist David Rubinger dies aged 92

Tel Aviv (dpa) – Israeli photographer David Rubinger, best known for his image of Israeli soldiers standing awestruck in front of the Western Wall during the Six-Day War, has died aged 92, a family statement said on Thursday. Rubinger, who died Wednesday in Jerusalem, “eternalized history as it will be forever etched in our memories,” […]

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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials

Holocaust remembrance day set for April 23 in S.D.

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Jewish Federation of San Diego County will host the annual Holocaust Memorial Commemoration event taking place at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center on Sunday, April 23 at 1:30 pm. San Diego’s commemoration is one the largest in the country with more than 500 community members attending. The commemoration serves

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Jewish History, San Diego Calendar

Gerald Kaufman, UK’s longest-serving lawmaker, dies at 86

LONDON — Gerald Kaufman, the longest-serving lawmaker in Britain’s House of Commons, has died aged 86.Kaufman’s family says the Labour Party legislator died Sunday after a long illness.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday called Kaufman “an iconic and irascible figure” who was proud of his Jewish roots and strove to bring peace to the Middle

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International, Obituaries & memorials

Judge Joseph Wapner, who presided over ‘The People’s Court,’ dies at 97

LOS ANGELES — He was a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who became an unlikely American TV icon, a white-haired jurist who was dubbed the “Solomon of Small Claims.” Judge Joseph A. Wapner, who presided over “The People’s Court” for 12 years in the 1980s and ’90s, has died, a family member told

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Obituaries & memorials, USA

‘Give this Holocaust survivor the respect she deserves’

One of the world”s smallest and most geographically isolated Jewish communities has united behind an effort to fulfill a Holocaust survivor”s last dying wish, and give her a proper Jewish burial in the Land of Israel. The Jewish community of the Canary Islands – an Atlantic archipelago under Spanish sovereignty west of Morocco – numbers

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Ira Lerner: A Community Institution

By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — Judaism teaches that the world relies on three principles: religious observance, divine work and acts of kindness. Ira Lerner showed his dedication to this philosophy through his professional life, his commitment to his religion and his ties to his family and many friends. Professionally, he served his country as

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David Ogul, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

George ‘The Animal’ Steele, wrestling great, dead at 79

WASHINGTON, February 24, 2017 – First cast as an almost sub-human villain before he later morphed into an oddly lovable character later in his career, bigger-than-life wrestling legend George “The Animal” Steele passed away in Florida on February 16, 2017 at the age of 79. Steele had been under hospice care since the spring of

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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Alan Colmes, Fox News’ liberal voice, dead at 66

Alan Colmes, the longtime radio host best known as Fox News’s liberal voice on the network’s popular “Hannity & Colmes” show and later as a Fox commentator, has died at the age of 66 after a brief illness, Fox News reported Thursday morning. “When Alan and I started ‘Hannity & Colmes,’ there wasn’t a day

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The letter Sara Netanyahu received

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, together with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy, today (Thursday, 23 February 2017), visited the Moriah College Jewish school in Sydney. They were welcomed with cheers by the pupils, who played musical instruments and sang “Jerusalem of Gold” as well as the Australian and

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International, Jewish History, Middle East