Yehuda Avner, speechwriter for 4 Israeli prime ministers, dies Avner also was an adviser to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin.
Anne Frank’s cousin, actor Buddy Elias, dies at 89 The former president of a charity named after the teenage diarist died in Switzerland surrounded by his family.
Janice Silverman Rebibo, American-born Israeli poet, dies at 65 Rebibo was known for her bold, vivid and often humorous poetic voice in English and Hebrew.