Hundreds attend funeral rites in Israel for 7 Brooklyn kids
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2015
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral and burial in Israel of seven children who died in a house fire in Brooklyn.\n
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Thousands attend funeral in Jerusalem for victims of Paris supermarket attack
Jewish Journal
January 13, 2015
Thousands attended the funeral in Jerusalem of the four victims of the attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.
At memorial for African Hebrew leader, signs of integration and respect
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2015
Yitzchok Elefant ascended the stage in his black hat and coat and turned to face an auditorium full of people in flowing white shirts and pants with matching scarves and caps.
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis remembered with tears and laughter at funeral
Tom Tugend
December 22, 2014
My immortality, if there be such for me, is not in tears, blame or self-recrimination.
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis: Why Ferguson matters to Jews, and what makes a rabbi’s life well-lived
Jewish Journal
December 21, 2014
A eulogy for Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis.
Family, friends remember Joan Rivers at a private funeral
Jewish Journal
September 7, 2014
Family and friends bid farewell to Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit and brash style, at a private funeral on Sunday in Manhattan.
Family of slain Palestinian refuses to receive Peres
Jewish Journal
July 8, 2014
The family of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the teen killed in an alleged revenge attack, rejected a condolence visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Sharon at funeral remembered as ‘friend, leader, military chief’
Jewish Journal
January 13, 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his public funeral was remembered as a man of courage and strength on the battlefield and in the political arena.
World pays homage to Mandela in mass memorial service
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2013
World leaders, from U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba\’s Raul Castro, will pay homage to Nelson Mandela at a mass memorial in South Africa on Tuesday that will recall his gift for bringing enemies together across political and racial divides.
One in 800,000 at Rav Ovadia’s funeral
Jewish Journal
October 8, 2013
I didn’t need to ask directions. Stepping out of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station, I saw them, men in hats and coats walking together slowly, a steady stream moving east along one of Jerusalem’s central thoroughfares to the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
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