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Elena Colomba draws a Star of David at a Thousand Oaks, California, street corner where a Jewish pro-Israel protester, Paul Kessler, was killed during an altercation, 7 November 2023. (Jacob Gurvis)
July 2, 2026, 10:25 am
California man gets 1 year in jail time for 2023 death of pro-Israel protester
The ADL of California called the sentencing “little more than a slap on the wrist.”
By JN Reporter
Dr Ittai Gradel, the antiquities dealer who helped expose the British Museum theft scandal, died aged 61 after a battle with cancer. Photo via The Telegraph
April 28, 2026, 5:16 pm
Jewish antiquities dealer who exposed British Museum theft scandal dies aged 61
Israeli-born antiquities dealer honoured by museum before death after helping uncover missing artefacts case
By Annabel Sinclair
A gravesite at Waltham Abbey Cemetery.
February 26, 2026, 10:59 am
Good grief – that’s the Jewish way of mourning
Turning bereavement into memory, even laughter, feels remarkably like closure
By Darren Richman
David Abulafia (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Holbergprisen)
January 26, 2026, 12:55 pm
Renowned Jewish historian David Abulafia passes away at 76
Former Head of the history department at the University of Cambridge described as 'a remarkable colleague and friend'
By JN Reporter
Eitan Naeh (Credit: Twitter/@IsraelinUK)
January 19, 2026, 1:02 pm
Israeli former Deputy Head of Mission to the UK dies suddenly at 62
Eitan Naeh went on to serve as Israel's ambassador to Turkey and then, in the wake of the Abraham Accords, Bahrain
By JN Reporter
Frank Gehry
December 8, 2025, 10:30 am
Jewish Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
Born Frank Goldberg, the architect's famous designs include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
By Jewish News Reporter
Tzeela Gez, 30, was killed by a terrorist while being driven by her husband to the hospital to give birth to her fourth child
May 15, 2025, 10:38 am
Pregnant Israeli woman killed by terrorist while on her way to give birth
The IDF has launched a manhunt for the terrorist near the Palestinian West Bank village of Bruqin
By Daniel Sugarman
June 20, 2024, 7:38 am
Good grief: companies combine humanity and technology to help the newly bereaved
A growing number of online platforms are using AI to offer compassionate support for people and workplaces
By Candice Krieger
Jedidiah Murphy wears a skull cap that was a gift from one of his supporters, Rabbi Yehuda Eber, in the death row unit at Polunsky prison in Livingston, Texas, Oct. 26, 2019. (Yehuda Eber)
October 6, 2023, 2:12 pm
Advocates for Jew on death row say hopes are dimming
Jedidiah Murphy killed 79-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in 2000 in Dallas County, Texas. He is due to die by lethal injection on Tuesday.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Grant Shapps the Business Secretary arrives for a Cabinet meeting, the first held by the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Oct. 26, 2022.
September 11, 2023, 3:00 pm
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms the death of his father, aged 91
The cabinet minister, who is Jewish, writes on social media of 'tough few days saying goodbye to my dad'
By Lee Harpin
November 4, 2022, 8:05 am
Employee at famed kosher bakery found dead in freezer
The death of Mahamadou Dansago, 33, at Beigel’s on in Brooklyn appears to have been an accident.
By JTA
David Trimble, the Northern Ireland politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was also an observer on an Israeli commission of inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in 2010 (Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
July 26, 2022, 2:17 pm
CFI lead communal tributes to David Trimble
Former Northern Ireland First Minister Lord Trimble - widely hailed as a true friend of Israel - has died aged 77
By Lee Harpin
Minister for Africa Vicky Ford
May 16, 2022, 6:42 pm
UK calls for ‘immediate and impartial’ probe into Al Jazeera journalist death
Government minister Vicky Ford tells MPs the Foreign Secretary has 'stressed' the need for a 'thorough investigation' into Shireen Abu Aqleh's death while working in the West Bank
By Lee Harpin
Headstone with a Star of David at a cemetery (Thinkstock)
November 28, 2019, 12:28 pm
Progressively Speaking: Euphemisms prevents us talking openly about death
Deborah Blausten takes a topical issue and offers a progressive Jewish response
By Deborah Blausten
Dale Winton has died at the age of 62
April 19, 2018, 10:23 am
Dale Winton, presenter of Supermarket Sweep, dies at 62
Popular gameshow host recalled his Jewish upbringing in his 2002 autobiography
By Francine Wolfisz
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