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  IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 4, 2024

International Widows Day: The wives and children of the IDF’s fallen soldiers

The IDF Widows and Orphans has seen 260 new widows and 520 newly orphaned children access their support services since October 7.

REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Death toll rises to 54 in India liquor tragedy

Nearly 200 people have been treated since Wednesday for vomiting, stomach aches and diarrhea, after drinking liquor spiked with methanol.

By REUTERS
22/06/2024

One of Yemen's last Jews laid to rest by his Muslim neighbors

One of Yemen's last remaining Jews, Yahya ben Yosef, passed away recently and was laid to rest by his Muslim neighbours.

Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

Morrie Markoff was born in New York City on Jan. 11, 1914, one of four children of Max and Rose Markoff, Jewish immigrants from Russia. He survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
12/06/2024

Steve Albini, influential record producer and musician, dies at 61

Albini was a giant of punk and experimental rock music from the ‘80s to the present day.

By AUGUST BROWN
10/05/2024

Tragic incident in Brazil: Israeli tourist dies while trying to escape from suspected robber

Israeli tourist Alma Buhadana, 24, died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, trying to escape a robber. Israeli authorities assist her family in repatriation.

The US's hypocrisy is infuriating - opinion

To preach to Israel about civilian deaths is hypocritical - the US should know better, given its track record.

Bar Sagi at 14

Bar Sagi: The late Israeli teen poet who died of bone cancer

During her last years, Bar Sagi wrote 25 poems documenting her journey, her illness, and her remarkable life force. This collection was published posthumously as See Me Soar and Spread My Wings.

'Our Names Do Not Appear': Struggles with grief without closure

Although this is a memoir, one needs to be prepared for flights of imagination that were part of her hopes that never materialized.

(Courtesy Steve North)

Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91

Rabbi Thaler, who ran the camp until 1997 and also served for 37 years as rabbi of Temple Gates of Prayer in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, died April 18. He was 91.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
23/04/2024
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