funeral

Hundreds of women in Crown Heights mourn a Chabad emissary who died trying to save her infant daughter

Henya Federman, 40, was the co-founder of the Chabad of St. Thomas.

Thousands of mourners attend Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Israel, leading to clashes with police

The clashes at the funeral came a day after reported violence between police and haredi Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem neighborhoods and in the haredi Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak.

Hundreds attend funeral of religious leader in central Israel, flouting Health Ministry directives

Police forces were present during the funeral but did not enforce limits on numbers of people nor social distancing.

Israel

Israeli woman murdered in Australia buried in hometown

Israel

A soldier’s death brings grief to Israeli army’s fervently religious battalion

United States

Pittsburgh victim Joyce Fienberg remembered as a giving person who was devoted to Tree of Life synagogue

Israel

Thousands mourn Ari Fuld, prominent Israel activist stabbed to death by Palestinian

United States

Jewish US soldier buried 74 years after going missing during World War II

Obituaries

Hundreds in Georgia mourn Jewish soldier killed in Afghanistan

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