Yeheskel Shoshani, Israeli-American elephant researcher, dead in Ethiopian explosion, May 20, 2008

Israeli elephant researcher Yeheskel Shoshani was among those killed in a possible terror attack on a minibus in downtown Addis Ababa on Tuesday, Israeli media reported.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it is unclear whether the explosion was terror-related and if Shoshani was aboard the minibus when it exploded.
Three people were killed and nine others were [...]

Ahikam Amichai, 20, David Rubin, 21, Israel, off-duty soldiers, murdered on hike, Dec. 28

Ahikam Amichai (L), David Rubin
Ahikam Amichai, 20, and David Rubin, 21, off-duty Israeli Army commandos on a recreational hike near their homes in the Hebron hills, were murdered by Palestinians, Dec. 28, 2007.
The two lifelong friends and neighbors were each members of elite and storied Israeli commando units. Amihai was a member of the Air [...]

Richard H. Friedman, 56, U.S., lawyer, drowning, Dec. 30

Richard H. Friedman, 56, an attorney active in the Jewish community of Albany, N.Y., died in a swimming accident while on vacation with his family in Puerto Rico, Dec. 30, 2007.
Friedman was a member of the board of Albany’s Temple Israel, a Conservative synagogue, president of its Men’s Club, and former president of Albany’s Jewish [...]

Adiel Shmuel, 12, Israel, car accident, Dec. 12

Adiel Shmuel, 12, of Beersheva in Israel’s northern Negev desert, died Dec. 12, 2007, of injuries from a horrific car accident that hurt six from his family and eight overall.Shmuel’s death was the 403rd of the year from car accidents in Israel.

Remembering Saadia Marciano, Israeli ‘Black Panthers’ leader

By Sami Shalom Chetrit
Sa’adia Marziano says today: “We called to raise the social banner, especially when the security situation is difficult. There was a man named Moshe Dayan, his memory be blessed, who said at the time that it’s forbidden to raise both banners (security and social) at the same time, and that was [...]

Saadia Marciano, 58, Israel, Morocco, ‘Black Panther’ leader, Dec. 21

Saadia Marciano, 58, a former member of the Israeli Knesset who got his start in public life as a leader of the radical “Black Panthers” movement of poor Sephardic Jews, died Dec. 21, 2007, in a Jerusalem hospital.
Marciano, who left his native Oujda, Morocco, after pogroms and riots there in the wake of Israel’s founding [...]

Shulamit Lack, 83, U.S., WWII resistance fighter, Dec. 3

Shulamit Lack, 83, who risked her life to help other Jews escape Nazi-occupied Hungary as a teenager, survived two concentration camps, fought in the Israeli army and then forged a new life in America, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.
“Shula went through incredible trials in her life and came through it without being bitter,” said filmmaker [...]

Herzl’s grandson reburied in Jerusalem with family

Stephen Norman, Zionist pioneer Theodor Herzl’s only grandson, was reburied in the family crypt on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, bringing to fulfillment one of Herzl’s dreams.
Norman initially sought a life free of Zionism and anti-Semitism, but apparently had his Jewish roots reawakened at the onset of World War Two during Hitler’s [...]

Maayan Rotenberg, 18, Israel, soldier, accident, Nov. 30

Maayan Rotenberg, 18, an Israeli soldier wounded last week in a training accident, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, but he will continue to help people in death, as he did in life, as an organ donor.
With his and his family’s consent, his liver, heart, and lungs were immediately donated to ailing people in Israel. His [...]