Funeral

Israeli Air Force navigator recognized as fallen soldier after PTSD-related suicide

The Defense Ministry has officially recognized Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan as a fallen soldier, honoring his service and the psychological toll of his military duty, following a long fight by his family.

Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan participating in a flight mission.
Cardinals take part in the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square April 8, 2005 in Vatican City, Vatican.

The Israeli-Iranian handshake at Pope John Paul II's funeral

Panama Culture Minister María Eugenia Herrera and archaeologists at the entrance to Tomb 3 at the El Caño archaeological site in Panama, March 19, 2026.

Funerary offerings, pottery, gold jewelry discovered in 1,000-year-old pre-Hispanic tomb in Panama

People pay their last respects to Georgia's late Patriarch Ilia II as his remains are carried to the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia March 18, 2026.

Ilia II, Georgian Church leader who shaped national identity, dies at 93


Family of east Jerusalem resident who was killed on October 7 talk about his death

In a conversation with KAN News, A'abed shared his distress over what he described as dismissive treatment from the authorities when he tried to locate his brother.

 Palestinians react as an Israeli military vehicle burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel, at the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border, October 7, 2023.

An Israeli author was excited for his best friend’s wedding. After Oct. 7, it became a funeral

Since Golan’s wedding would instead be a funeral — which Jews traditionally hold as soon as possible after a person’s death — Gefen showed up at the airport on October 8, without a ticket in hand.

 (Illustrative) Israel police block a road, as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, near Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.

How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead?

If a funeral procession and wedding procession meet at a crossroads, which one has the right of way? The talmud says the wedding should lead. We must lead with life.

 Best Boutonnieres for Men's Wedding Attire: Top Picks for Grooms and Groomsmen

Facing death up close: A man buries himself alive in a unique experience

Víctor Amela, a man in his 60s, lived through a mock funeral for an hour to gain a unique perspective on death, finding it to be a challenging and transformative experience.


'I grieved at a funeral in Israel this week. But not for too long — another was about to start'

The funeral of Yosef Malachi Guedalia, a ­­­22-year-old sergeant-major from the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite Duvdevan combat unit, was interrupted by air raid sirens.

 Sderot following the Oct. 7 attack

10,000 attend funeral of Brazilian olah after online call to action

10,000 people attended the funeral of Brazilian-Israeli lone soldier Bruna Valeanu, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at a music festival.

The funeral of Bruna Valeanu, who was killed as she attended a festival that was attacked by Hamas gunmen from Gaza that left at least 260 people dead, at her funeral in Petah Tikva, Israel, October 10, 2023.

Over 100 bodies found improperly stored in Colorado funeral home

The Fremont County sheriff described the scene at the funeral home as “horrific.”

 Police fence off the area outside Denver’s jail and courthouse in Colorado, US, September 26, 2020

Pennsylvania mummy 'Stoneman Willie' to receive proper burial after 128 years

In 1895, a Pennsylvania mortician accidentally mummified an unidentified alcoholic from the local jail. More than a century later, Reading, PA's 'friend Willie' is finally being laid to rest.

 The body of "Stoneman Willie", a jailed thief that died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 1, 2023

Mourning the loss of a murdered lone soldier - opinion

The Kiryat Shaul Cemetery is the final resting place of 80,000 men and women, among them well-known actors and poets, with the east reserved for soldiers who died on duty. Now Maxim is among them.

 MOURNING SGT. MAXIM MOLCHANOV, killed in the Aug. 31 truck-ramming attack at Maccabim checkpoint, in Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Sept. 5.

'I envy the angels:' Hebron terror attack victim Batsheva Nigri laid to rest

Batsheva Nigri was murdered in a terror attack on Monday morning when a terrorist shot at the car she was riding in.

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Batsheva Nigri who was murdered in a terrorist shooting attack near Hebron earlier today at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on August 21, 2023