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Death
June 20, 2024, 7:38 am
Good grief: companies combine humanity and technology to help the newly bereaved
A growing number of online platforms are using AI to offer compassionate support for people and workplaces
By Candice Krieger
Jedidiah Murphy wears a skull cap that was a gift from one of his supporters, Rabbi Yehuda Eber, in the death row unit at Polunsky prison in Livingston, Texas, Oct. 26, 2019. (Yehuda Eber)
October 6, 2023, 2:12 pm
Advocates for Jew on death row say hopes are dimming
Jedidiah Murphy killed 79-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in 2000 in Dallas County, Texas. He is due to die by lethal injection on Tuesday.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Grant Shapps the Business Secretary arrives for a Cabinet meeting, the first held by the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Oct. 26, 2022.
September 11, 2023, 3:00 pm
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms the death of his father, aged 91
The cabinet minister, who is Jewish, writes on social media of 'tough few days saying goodbye to my dad'
By Lee Harpin
November 4, 2022, 8:05 am
Employee at famed kosher bakery found dead in freezer
The death of Mahamadou Dansago, 33, at Beigel’s on in Brooklyn appears to have been an accident.
By JTA
David Trimble, the Northern Ireland politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was also an observer on an Israeli commission of inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in 2010 (Photo: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
July 26, 2022, 2:17 pm
CFI lead communal tributes to David Trimble
Former Northern Ireland First Minister Lord Trimble - widely hailed as a true friend of Israel - has died aged 77
By Lee Harpin
Minister for Africa Vicky Ford
May 16, 2022, 6:42 pm
UK calls for ‘immediate and impartial’ probe into Al Jazeera journalist death
Government minister Vicky Ford tells MPs the Foreign Secretary has 'stressed' the need for a 'thorough investigation' into Shireen Abu Aqleh's death while working in the West Bank
By Lee Harpin
Headstone with a Star of David at a cemetery (Thinkstock)
November 28, 2019, 12:28 pm
Progressively Speaking: Euphemisms prevents us talking openly about death
Deborah Blausten takes a topical issue and offers a progressive Jewish response
By Deborah Blausten
Dale Winton has died at the age of 62
April 19, 2018, 10:23 am
Dale Winton, presenter of Supermarket Sweep, dies at 62
Popular gameshow host recalled his Jewish upbringing in his 2002 autobiography
By Francine Wolfisz
Lady Hale
November 22, 2017, 2:23 pm
Top judge to launch guide for lawyers on Jewish practices and customs
Lady Hale will unveil the Board of Deputies’ new booklet later this month, helping lawyers understand a range of sensitive issues in Judaism
By Jewish News Reporter
November 28, 2016, 3:28 pm
New A-Gender: Inviting women on-board the Jewish journey
Dina Brawer reflects on the role Orthodox Jewish women can play in the mourning process
By Dina Brawer
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