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Neil Sedaka, famed Jewish pop icon and hit songwriter, dies at 86 - NYT

The famed hitmaker behind "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl" died at 86 after reinventing his career multiple times.

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American singer Neil Sedaka performs on BBC Top of the Pops, London, United Kingdom, 22nd November 1972.
President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial

Speaking at the ceremony, Herzog quoted Russian-Israeli poet Nathan Alterman’s “The Third,” an emotional poem about a mother whose son’s body was lost.

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A HOSTAGE pin on St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili's memorial brick.

WATCH: Final hostage pin removed from National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen

The pin was removed in a solemn ceremony organized by the Families, Commemoration and Heritage Division at the Defense Ministry, following the return of Gvili's body to Israel from Gaza.

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Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who co-founded the Temple Mount Sifting Project and made key discoveries in Jerusalem, has passed away at 81, remembered for his contributions.

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Grapevine january 5 2024: 'Never Again' - No more than lip service

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 6, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FLOWERS ARE laid at the sculpture 'Trains to Death' by Frank Meisler and Arie Ovadia at Friedrichstrasse train station in Berlin.

DJ honors victims of Nova festival by performing at empty massacre site

Israeli DJ RIMO pays tribute to lives lost at the Nova music festival, by performing on the stage at the site of the massacre in front of a field filled with the pictures of victims.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pictures of the participants of the Nova party who were murdered and kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023 are displayed while an artist play music, at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, November 28, 2023

At memorial for Vivian Silver, grief and a determination to pursue peace

Many speakers from diverse backgrounds described their immense pain at Silver’s death, and determination to pursue the causes to which she was devoted: peace and feminist activism.

NOVEMBER 17, 2023ByJTA/ELIYAHU FREEDMAN
Family and friends attend the funeral of peace activist and one of the founders of the "Women Wage Peace" movemenet, Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, central Israel. November 16, 2023.

Israel is the only place we should want to be - opinion

From the moment I stepped off the plane from London to make this my permanent home, there was no going back.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023ByASHLEY PERRY
YOUTHS DANCE and wave the flag near Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem, after the start of the Gaza War.

Israelis, Diaspora Jews plan memorials to mark month since October 7 massacre

A Several events are being in planned in Israel and abroad to mark the month anniversary of the massacre conducted by Hamas.

NOVEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People gather and light candles to remember the Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2023.

Atara Oryha produces new song in honor of fallen soldiers and police officers

The singer released a special song honoring police officers and border guard soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending southern settlements.

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

100 years after factory fire, Jewish and Italian victims get a memorial

The fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history.

OCTOBER 13, 2023ByJULIA GERGELY/JTA
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, March 25, 1911.

In memory of Hayim Katsman, murdered by Hamas terrorists - opinion

This past Saturday, in the evil pogrom carried out by Hamas terrorists, my 32-year-old nephew Hayim Katsman was murdered at Kibbutz Holit where he lived.

OCTOBER 13, 2023ByAARON KATSMAN
A SOLDIER passes yesterday in front of a burned home in Kibbutz Be’eri, whose family occupants were slaughtered by Hamas terrorists on Saturday.

Jewish Agency to commemorate Yom Kippur war with special program

Almog will discuss the difficult battles on the southern front and other family memories of the event.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog (right) with his late brother, Eran Avrutsky z"l

Yom Kippur War: The Middle East Armageddon's uncounted victims - comment

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The 50-year-old Yom Kippur War’s list of casualties should include the lira, the kibbutz, and the Soviet Union.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
THE TEL SAKI memorial site near Moshav Ramat Magshimim on the Golan Heights commemorates IDF soldiers who fell during the fighting there in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.