CONDOLENCES: Yosef Neiman succumbs to injuries. Neiman was brutally attacked in Monsey 3 months ago at a Chanukah party in his Rabbi’s home. Many have described Neiman as a gentle and kind human being. Father of 7 children, grandfather and great-grandfather, he was 72. May his memory be a blessing, […]
“Thank you for everything you have done for our game, and being such an amazing friend of Israel. I will always cherish our time together and the privilege of calling you a friend and mentor. Rest In Peace. Baruch Dayan Emet” – Omri Casspi David Stern was born September 22, […]
At 92 years old, he was one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors who was living life to the fullest despite the hardships he’s endured. Born on August 9th, 1927 in Romania, Yidel as he was known, was just a young boy when the war broke out. He managed to […]
CONDOLENCES: Rabbi Avraham Langer, born 100 years ago in Galicia, Poland, survived the Holocaust and was liberated in Buchenwald by the U.S. Army in 1945. This image is from January 2019: ”This is such a powerful picture and felt I should share. My grandfather with my 3 week old daughter, […]
CONDOLENCES: Michel Bacos Bacos, the captain of Air France flight 139 hijacked to Entebbe in 1976, was awarded a medal by the Israeli government for refusing to leave his Jewish passengers behind. When the terrorists released their non-Jewish hostages and offered to release Bacos and his crew, he refused and […]
CONDOLENCES: Charles Krauthammer, a longtime Fox News contributor, Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and best-selling author who came to be known as the dean of conservative commentators, died Thursday. Krauthammer was born March 13, 1950 in New York City. His father was from Bolekhiv, Ukraine (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and […]
Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and television personality. He was noted as one of the most influential chefs in the world. In 2013, Bourdain traveled to Israel for an episode of “Parts Unknown”. In the show he said his father was Catholic and his mother was Jewish, but […]
At 113 years old, Yisrael Kristal, dubbed the Oldest Man in the World has passed away just one month shy of his 114th birthday. Last year we cebrated Yisrael’s 113th birthday which was followed by his first Bar Mitzvah celebration. When Kristal was 13 which is the standard Bar Mitzvah […]
Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 20, 1928, the son of Selma (née Buchman) and Morris Landau. His father, an Austrian-born machinist, scrambled to rescue relatives from the Nazis. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock’s North […]
Reports coming in from Israel now that Shimon Peres has passed away at the age of 93. His family is calling for an official statement to be released at 7 AM Israel time. Source: Jewish Breaking News
Today is the end of sheloshim for my beloved husband—the first thirty days. Judaism calls for a period of intense mourning known as shiva that lasts seven days after a loved one is buried. After shiva, most normal activities can be resumed, but it is the end of sheloshim that […]
