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Last Sunday evening, having learned the news, hundreds of Jerusalemites – Anglos and Israelis of all ages, including leaders of Hakhel, the family’s synagogue – gathered at a Baka community center courtyard for a vigil.

Jerusalem’s son brought home: A community mourns the loss of Hersh Goldberg-Polin

By ERICA SCHACHNE

Rachel Goldberg-Polin lays her son Hersh to rest

'We failed you': Mother of slain hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, as thousands attend funeral

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mourners react as they pay their respects to Yoram Metzger, one of the six hostages whose bodies were retrieved from Gazan captivity and brought to Israel in a military operation, at his funeral in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, August 22, 2024.

Grief and normalcy collide: Israel mourns as school year begins

Jordan Cooper grew up in Pennsylvani and moved to Israel in 2018.

Hundreds in Israel mourn American lone soldier Jordan Cooper who died after allergic reaction

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Before it's too late: We must honour and thank our parents

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

View of the grave of Tair Rada that was vandalized by unknown attackers, at the Katzrin cemetery, Golan Heights, January 27, 2023.

One of Yemen's last Jews laid to rest by his Muslim neighbors

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sergeant Major Yedidya Azugi. Uploaded on 31/5/2024

'I hope the people of Israel will be worthy of your sacrifice,' Yedidya Azugi's mother eulogizes

By SHLOMI HELLER

Mourners hold up an Iranian flag as they attend the funeral of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others, in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2024.

Egypt's foreign minister makes first trip to Iran to attend president's funeral

By REUTERS

Bereaved Israelis seen at the Mount Herzl military cemetery, in Jerusalem, May 12, 2024

From dream to reality: The history of Mount Herzl as Israel's National Cemetery

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JOE LIEBERMAN

Hundreds of mourners hail ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at pioneering Jewish politician’s funeral

By Luke Tress/JTA

IDF officer Captain Daniel Perez

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

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

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

Navalny to be buried on Friday, wife fears possible arrests

By REUTERS

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

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

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Artyom Reznik, who was killed by Russian rocket fire.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

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

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

A shiva call and legacy planning - opinion

By AARON KATSMAN

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.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF