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funeral
Thousands attend funeral in Israel for lone soldier from New Jersey
Jewish Journal
July 18, 2016
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral on Monday for a lone soldier from New Jersey who was killed when a grenade exploded in his jeep in the Golan Heights.
Rabbi Max Ticktin, leader in Hillel and Havurah movements, dies at 94
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2016
Rabbi Max Ticktin, a leader in the Hillel movement who also was central to the havurah movement, has died.
Father of 10 killed in terrorist shooting remembered as intellectual and giving man
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2016
More than 1,000 mourners attended the funeral for a father of 10 who was killed in a West Bank drive-by shooting.\n
Hundreds turn out for Israel funeral of ex-Hasid who apparently killed herself
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of a formerly haredi Orthodox Israeli woman who was found dead in what is believed to be a suicide.
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Billy Crystal to speak at Muhammad Ali funeral
Jewish Journal
June 7, 2016
Liberal American Rabbi Michael Lerner has been invited to speak at boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s funeral.
A funeral for Richard Lakin
Rabbi David Wolpe
October 28, 2015
\”I want to thank him for teaching me how to ride a bike. And for watching Charlotte\’s Web with me over and over again.\” The granddaughter of the gentle man lying on a bier, shrouded in his tallit, began to weep.
West Bank riots flare up after Palestinian baby’s funeral
Jewish Journal
July 31, 2015
An Israeli policeman was lightly wounded in one of several riots and attacks by Palestinians following the funeral of a baby who died in a fire near Nablus allegedly started by Jewish extremists.
1 trampled to death, 3 critically hurt at Charedi rabbi’s funeral in Israel
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2015
One man was killed and three people were critically injured when mourners surged around the coffin during the funeral procession in Israel for a senior Charedi Orthodox rabbi.
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