Moshe Levy (L), as IDF Chief of Staff, 1980s, with Shimon Peres
General Moshe Levy, 72, the 12th Israeli Army Chief of Staff, died Jan. 9, 2008, after a brain aneurysm.
Levy had his first stroke a few years ago. Afterward, he had to use a wheelchair. He dropped many of his public activities, but continued in his position with the company that built Route 6, Israel’s newest and first privately managed superhighway, and the country’s only toll road. (more…)
Categories: Israelis · Veterans
Tagged: aneurysm, army, attrition 1970, brain, chief-of-staff, general, idf, ramat"kal, sinai, soldier
By Lev Ginsburg
I was saddened to learn of Dov’s passing as I have some special memories of him. I was learning with Dov 2 1/2 years ago, while I was studying at Machon Meir. I really admired his path in life and was proud to have him with me on my path to tshuva and on his way to joining Clal Yisrael. (more…)
Categories: Europeans · Israelis · Young · reminiscence
Tagged: accident, blue hole, convert, dahab, diving, ger tzedek, judaism, sinai
Robert Dov HaEzrachi (Wieckowski), 44, a Polish-born Israeli and scuba diving guide and instructor, died in a diving accident at Dahab, Sinai, Egypt, Dec. 13, 2007.
HaEzrachi’s death was first announced on the website of Pardes Institute, a Jewish studies center in Jerusalem, where he had been a student from 2003-2005. (more…)
Categories: Businesspeople · Europeans · Israelis · Young
Tagged: blue hole, death, diving, jerusalem, Jewish, obituary, pardes, scuba, sinai
