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Michelle Trachtenberg's Jewish family reportedly declines autopsy for religious reasons

Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death remains undetermined due to no autopsy.

By PHILISSA CRAMER
01/03/2025

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Michelle Trachtenberg was discovered Wednesday in a Manhattan apartment complex.

By BEN SALES/JTA
26/02/2025

American-Israeli woman from Montana still missing after disappearance at dog park

Ehrlich's dog, Bamba, is also still at large and local police are requesting help in finding the dog to return to their family.

 Hostage posters seen at the Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Families of deceased hostages suffer without recognition or support, report finds

Seventeen family members of varying degrees of relation were interviewed with informed consent by Dr. Einat Yehene, a rehabilitation psychologist with the Hostage Families Forum Health Division.

Bereaved families confront lawmakers, demanding October 7 national inquiry

Families pointed out the long-term trauma families are facing in the absence of accountability.

Israel must return to the premise of equal support

One of the things that makes Israel great is its human quality. We must pull on those strings and find our way back to those roots because it seems we have forgotten what this project is all about.

  Three locals killed in Abu Sinan on February 2, 2025.

Six killed in last day brings Arab sector death toll to 29 in 2025

Some 230 Arab Israelis were murdered in 2024, according to Abraham Initiatives data. In comparison, in 2022, 116 Arabs were killed in Israel, while in 2021, 126 were killed.

03/02/2025

Elixir of death? Research traces origins of mercury in the mausoleum of China’s first emperor

During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

Climate change could cause 2.3 million extra deaths in European cities by 2099, study warns

The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and the Balkans are identified as the most vulnerable areas to the increase in deaths due to heat.

17 dead of suspected cadmium poisoning in Kashmir village

Close relatives of the deceased have been relocated to the quarantine center of the Nursing College in Rajouri, increasing the number to 230.

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