Funeral

At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust

Foxman spent decades as one of the world’s most recognizable Jewish advocates, serving for nearly 30 years as the ADL’s top professional and another two decades before that in its leadership ranks.

Abe Foxman delivering remarks on April 23, 2025, during the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Inset, Foxman with the nanny who hid him during the Holocaust, Bronislawa Kurpi.
SGT. GADI Cotal.

How songs become memory: The role of music on Israel’s Memorial Day

A panoramic view of the Mount of Olives

High Court orders state to explain failure to establish civil cemetery for Jerusalem residents

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir salutes as he stands with the family of fallen soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin at his funeral in Kfar Saba Military Cemetery, November 11, 2025.

After 11 years, Hadar Goldin's family marks Remembrance Day with closure


Navalny to be buried on Friday, wife fears possible arrests

The Kremlin has denied state involvement in his death and has said it is unaware of any agreement to free Navalny prior to his death.

 Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 16, 2024

How IDF big data saved Israeli mourners from mass casualty Hamas attack

Lotem analysts broke down Hamas’s rocket firing patterns, which they had gathered using new big data digital gathering tools.

 Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2023.

Bnei Brak Yeshiva announce death of Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker z"l

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker was known to be dedicated to the spiritual development of his students and was a leading figure in the Haredi community.

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker

Jewish man killed in Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine

Artyoom Reznik's home Jewish community in the city of Kharkiv mourned his loss.

Artyom Reznik, who was killed by Russian rocket fire.

Wife of fallen soldier: How many more orphans, widows will there be in Israel?

“Yehonatan, pray that we succeed,” she said during his funeral at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.

 IDF St.-Sgt. (res.) Elisha Yehonatan Luber, 24, buried in Jerusalem.

A shiva call and legacy planning - opinion

Nothing like a war to make you start thinking about the legacy you would like to live.

 FAMILY AND friends walk behind the coffin of Sgt. Lavi Ghasi, 19, at his funeral yesterday in Modi’in.

'Make my shiva a week of family, friends,' fallen IDF soldier asks in will

"He freed us from many doubts. He left with a full heart, out of great love," said Sarit Zussman, the soldier's mother.

 Family and friends of First Class (res.) Ben Zussman mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 4, 2023, he was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

Mourning the loss of two soldiers who fell in battle on Monday

Sergeant Yakir Yedidya Shankolevsky, 21 years old, and Captain Eitan Fish, 23 years old, were killed in battle in Gaza. 

   Sergeant Yakir Yedidya Shankolevsky, who fell in battle on Monday night

She strutted down the runway. What was at the end of it will shock you

A New Jersey model faces backlash for turning a funeral into a fashion show, modeling at the open casket of a late designer.

 Red carpet (Illustrative)

Reciting Kaddish for the holy

A moving project in memory of the victims of October 7 and the "Iron Swords" War.

 Family and friends of Israeli soldier Captain Liron Snir mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 22, 2023, he was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip