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Agnon, Shmuel Yosef b. July 17, 1888 d. February 17, 1970
Author. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1966 co-jointly with Swedish poet Nelly Sachs. He wrote such works as "Upon the Handle of the Lock," "Days of Awe," and "Bridal Canopy."
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Begin, Menachem b. August 16, 1913 d. March 9, 1992
He was the 6th Prime Minister of Israel. A native of Poland, he fled to the Soviet Union when the Nazis invaded. He was arrested in September of 1940 and charged with espionage. Sentenced to eight years at a concentration camp in Siberia, he was freed in 1941 as part of an accord with the Polish government. His father, mother, and brother died in the Nazi Holocaust. He will be best remembered for signing Israel's first peace treaty with an Arab neighbor, Egypt in 1979. He shared the Nobel...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Jakobovits, Sir. Immanuel b. February 8, 1921 d. October 31, 1999
British Peer. Born Immanuel Jakobovits in Königsberg, East Prussia, the son of Paula Wrescher and Rabbi Julius Jakobovits. He fled to Britain as a teenager to escape Nazi persecution, and completed his education at London University, and at Jews' College, London. He was graduated from Yeshivah Etz Chaim, London in 1944. He married Amélie Munk in 1949, and with her had six children. He held the office of Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1949 and 1958. He served as Rabbi at the 5th Avenue Synagogue...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Maxwell (Hoch), Robert (Jan Ludwig) b. June 10, 1923 d. November 5, 1991
Jan Ludwig Hoch was born in Slatinske Doly, a village in the province of Ruthenia which was then in Czechoslovakia but which, after 1945, became part of the Ukraine. His parents, Mechel and Hannah, were Orthodox Jews. Mechel eked out a living as a cattle salesman, woodcutter and farm labourer. There were seven children in the family. When the Second World War broke out, Jan Ludwig joined the Czech Resistance and made his way to France and, in May 1940, to England, where he changed his name to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Cause of death: Drowned
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Rosenblatt, Yossele b. May 9, 1882 d. June 19, 1933
Cantor, Composer. A tenor called "The Jewish Caruso", he is one foremost figures in the history of Jewish liturgical music. The child of a Chassidic cantorial family, he received his musical training at home and at a young age was much in demand to sing at his father's services. A small man (5'1") who made a large impression, he earned his first cantorial position in Munkacs, Hungary at 18, and before he was 19 had beaten out 52 other candidates to become chazzan (cantor) of a larger...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Szold, Henrietta b. December 21, 1860 d. February 13, 1945
Jewish Zionist Leader. Founder of Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America. She was the daughter of Rabbi Benjamin Szold and Sophie Schaar Szold who emigrated from Hungary in 1859. Her father taught her the Jewish texts and languages. She and her father would also assist new immigrants mainly from Russia, and she developed her Zionist ideas about the creation of a Jewish community in Palestine. She was the only female member of the Jewish Publication Society where she worked for...[Read More] (Bio by: Donna)
Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel

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