Obituaries

This morning, early Sunday, the shocking news came that Rav Yechezkel Roth collapsed at home. His holy Neshamah ascended on high a short time later. He had been unwell for a...

By Rabbi Benzion Scheinfeld Educator and Director of Camp Kanfei Nesharim Throughout my life, since high school, I had almost idolized Rabbi Dr. Twerski, zt’l. Here was a man who had...

On Thursday evening, February 11, 2021, 29 Shevat 5781, Rosh Chodesh Adar, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim gathered with family and friends to observe the fifth yahrzeit of...

Rush Limbaugh, an American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host, best known as the host of his radio show The Rush Limbaugh Show, died at...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today is the 94th Yartzeit of the Alter of Slabodka.  The topography of today’s Torah world would have been vastly different were it not...

By Zvi Gluck At Amudim, we know all too well just how hard it has been to get the Jewish community to accept the realities of mental-health challenges, and we...

The last 24 hours have been very difficult ones for Klal Yisrael. We lost a number of senior Roshei Yeshiva and Community Leaders (in alphabetical order). Rav Avraham Avidan zt”l- past...

“It is with a deep sense of sadness that we learned of the passing of Sheldon Adelson and express the condolences of the International Committee for Har HaZeisim (ICHH)...

By Yochanan Gordon Rabbi Yudi Dukes, Chaim Schneur Zalman Yehuda ben Aaron Leib of Cedarhurst passed away this morning at the age of 39. He is survived by his parents...

Shalom Lerner, Director of the International Committee of Har HaZeitim, calls upon the Government to finish the restoration of 30,000 graves The International Committee for the Protection of Har Hazeitim...