Funeral

Iran prepares to bury slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with week of mass mourning

Iran's supreme leader was killed by US and Israeli strikes in their first attack of the war and the funeral events will begin over the weekend in Tehran, with mass processions planned next week.

PEOPLE RIDE motorcycles near a billboard with an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2026.
Abe Foxman delivering remarks on April 23, 2025, during the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Inset, Foxman with the nanny who hid him during the Holocaust, Bronislawa Kurpi.

At Abraham Foxman’s funeral, an elegy for the last generation with direct ties to the Holocaust

SGT. GADI Cotal.

How songs become memory: The role of music on Israel’s Memorial Day

A panoramic view of the Mount of Olives

High Court orders state to explain failure to establish civil cemetery for Jerusalem residents


Funeral of IDF officer Captain Daniel Perez from South Africa takes place in Jerusalem

Captain Daniel Perez's funeral was held in Jerusalem, although his body is still held by Hamas. A coffin with blood belonging to Perez gathered at his tank’s last battle site was lowered to the grave

 IDF officer Captain Daniel Perez

Navalny to be buried on Friday, wife fears possible arrests

The Kremlin has denied state involvement in his death and has said it is unaware of any agreement to free Navalny prior to his death.

 Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 16, 2024

How IDF big data saved Israeli mourners from mass casualty Hamas attack

Lotem analysts broke down Hamas’s rocket firing patterns, which they had gathered using new big data digital gathering tools.

 Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2023.

Bnei Brak Yeshiva announce death of Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker z"l

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker was known to be dedicated to the spiritual development of his students and was a leading figure in the Haredi community.

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker

Jewish man killed in Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine

Artyoom Reznik's home Jewish community in the city of Kharkiv mourned his loss.

Artyom Reznik, who was killed by Russian rocket fire.

Wife of fallen soldier: How many more orphans, widows will there be in Israel?

“Yehonatan, pray that we succeed,” she said during his funeral at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.

 IDF St.-Sgt. (res.) Elisha Yehonatan Luber, 24, buried in Jerusalem.

A shiva call and legacy planning - opinion

Nothing like a war to make you start thinking about the legacy you would like to live.

 FAMILY AND friends walk behind the coffin of Sgt. Lavi Ghasi, 19, at his funeral yesterday in Modi’in.

'Make my shiva a week of family, friends,' fallen IDF soldier asks in will

"He freed us from many doubts. He left with a full heart, out of great love," said Sarit Zussman, the soldier's mother.

 Family and friends of First Class (res.) Ben Zussman mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 4, 2023, he was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

Mourning the loss of two soldiers who fell in battle on Monday

Sergeant Yakir Yedidya Shankolevsky, 21 years old, and Captain Eitan Fish, 23 years old, were killed in battle in Gaza. 

   Sergeant Yakir Yedidya Shankolevsky, who fell in battle on Monday night

She strutted down the runway. What was at the end of it will shock you

A New Jersey model faces backlash for turning a funeral into a fashion show, modeling at the open casket of a late designer.

 Red carpet (Illustrative)