Buber, Martin b. February 8, 1878 d. June 6, 1965 Jewish philosopher, theologian, Bible translator. He was born in Vienna, he studied in Vienna, Liepzig, Berlin and Zurich, and soon entered the Zionist Movement, more for religious and cultural than for political reasons. With Franz Rosenzweig he translated the Old Testament into German. In 1938 he had to emigrate to Israel. In there he made many efforts to make peace between the Israelis and the Arabs. As a philosopher he is best known for his philosophy of dialogue (in his book "I and Thou"). (Bio by: Apats) Har HaMenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Kahane, Benjamin Ze'ev b. October 3, 1966 d. December 31, 2000 Israeli Politician. Son of assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, he took over leadership of the Zionist political party Kahane Chai when his father was murdered. His group was classifeid as a terrorist organization in 1994 when one of it's members killed 29 Arabs. He and his wife were murdered when the car he was driving was fired upon. (Bio by: Erik Lander) Har HaMenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Kahane, Meir b. August 1, 1932 d. November 5, 1990 Jewish Religious Leader. At age 15, he was arrested in a protest against the British policy on Jewish immigration to Palestine. Ordained as an Orthodox rabbi, he earned a law degree from New York University, and became a synagogue rabbi and editor of the Jewish Press. In the 1960s he founded the Jewish Defense League, which advocated the use of violence to defend Jewish rights. After moving to Israel (1971), he founded Kach, a movement aimed at removing Arabs from Israel. He earned a seat in...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander) Har HaMenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Landau, Moshe b. April 29, 1912 d. May 1, 2011 Israeli Jurist. He was best known as the chief judge in the 1961 trial of Nazi arch-criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, who was convicted of war crimes and hanged. He was a member of the Israeli Supreme Court when he was picked to head the three-judge panel for the Eichmann trial. Born in Danzig (part of Germany at that time), he studied law at the University of London and moved to Palestine in 1933. He moved quickly through the judicial system and was appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad) Har HaMenuchot Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
b. February 8, 1878 d. June 6, 1965
