Find A Grave - Israel

Lavie, Arik d. June 29, 2004
Singer. He one of Israel's most loved balladeers. Best known for his recording "The Red Rock." He also made movies, one of which was "Operation Yonatan." (Bio by: Laurie)
Yarkon Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Lipkin-Shahak, Gen. Amnon b. March 18, 1944 d. December 19, 2012
Israeli Army General. A career officer, he twice earned his country's second highest award for bravery, eventually became Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), and later was active in politics. The child of a working class family, he was born in what was then Palestine, was prepared for military life from his teens on, and in 1962 enlisted in the IDF as a paratrooper. Lipkin-Shahak served in the 1967 War, was given command of the elite Duchifat Reconnaissance Unit, and in 1968...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Malkin, Peter b. May 27, 1927 d. March 1, 2005
Israeli Intellegence Agent. He was the veteran Israeli Mossad agent who in 1960 captured Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of the Holocaust, from a street outside Buenos Aires. So repulsed that he wore gloves, Malkin approached Eichmann, living under an assumed name, with the greeting "un momentito, señor" before wrestling him to the ground and into a waiting car. The team of Mossad agents later smuggled...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv 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
Maygar, Leslie Cecil b. May 26, 1874 d. November 17, 1917
Second Boer War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the 5th Victoria Mounted Rifles, Australian Forces. At Geelhoutboom, South Africa, November 23, 1901, during an enemy attack Lieutenant Maygar galloped out in front of a detachment post, which was being outflanked and ordered the men to retire. The horse of one of the men was shot under him, when Lieutenant Maygar dismounted and lifted him on to his own horse. The horse bolted casing both men to dismount and the horse...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, HaDarom (Southern District), Israel
Meir, Golda b. May 3, 1898 d. December 8, 1978
Prime Minister of Israel. She was born in Kiev but her family emigrate to the United States in 1906. In 1921, she and her husband moved to Palestine, and Meir began a career devoted to service to her people. In 1946 she became head of the political department of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem, which helped to organize the migration of Jews to Palestine. Later, she was elected to Israel's first parliament, and served as Israeli Foreign Minister, Minister of Labor and Ambassador to Moscow. She...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Memorial, I N S Dakar
This memorial is located within Israel's National and Military Cemetery Mount Herzel, Jerusalem. It was erected in honor of the crew whom lost their lives on the ship's maiden voyage in the Mediterranean Sea. "Dakar", meaning "Swordfish" in Hebrew, was purchased by Israel with two sister submarines from the British Navy in 1965. On January 9, 1968, the Dakar departed from Portsmouth harbor, Britain, en route to its home harbor of Haifa, Israel. The submarine was manned by 69 crewmembers and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Ne'eman, Yuval b. May 14, 1925 d. April 26, 2006
Nuclear Physicist. A native of Tel Aviv, he became one of the world's most famous scientist making important contributions in physics, cosmology and space research. He is credited with discovering the basic proportion of the subatomic particles of matter. In 1969 his efforts were rewarded when he received the "Israel Prize", the country's highest civilian award, as well as the Einstein Award. He was a pioneer in Israel's nuclear program serving on its Nuclear Energy Commission from 1952 to 1961...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Trumpeldor Cemetery , Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Netanyahu, Yonatan b. March 13, 1946 d. July 4, 1976
Israeli Army Officer. He was killed leading the raid on Entebbe airport. A Harvard University graduate, he was wounded in the 1967 Six Day War and performed great acts of heroism in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. As head of Israel's elite Sayaret Matkal unit, he was assigned the task of putting together the rescue of 103 Jewish hostages from a hijacked Air France plane being held by German and Arab terrorists at Entebbe Airport, Uganda. Flying for 12 hours under enemy radar, the task force landed...[Read More] (Bio by: Jack Neuman)
Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Of Anjou, Baldwin III b. 1130 d. February 10, 1163
King of Jerusalem. Oldest son of King Fulk and his second wife Melisende of Rethel. Baldwin II had named three heirs on his deathbed, his daughter, her husband Fulk and their two year old son Baldwin. After Fulk's death Melisende acted as regent for her son and reigned her (territorially undefined) part of the kingdom. By 1152 Baldwin demanded more authority and the relationship between mother and son cooled down and...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Of Anjou, Fulk V. b. 1092 d. November 10, 1143
French Nobility. King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, also known as Fulk V "The Young". He was the only son of Fulk IV "Le Rechin" of Anjou and his fifth wife Bertrade de Montfort, who left her husband to become first mistress and later wife of King Philipp. He succeeded his father in 1109 and continued the war with Maine that his father had started. He invaded it and in 1110 married Eremburge of...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Peled, Benny b. 1928 d. July 13, 2002
Israeli Air Force General. Commander of the raid at the airport at Entebbe Uganda that freed Israelis who were being held hostage by Palestinians on July 4, 1976.
Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Petrie, William Flinders b. June 3, 1853 d. July 28, 1942
English Egyptologist. He was born in Charlton (Kent) and died in Jerusalem. He excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Abydos and Amarna. From 1880 to 1883, Flinders studied and excavated The Great Pyramid of Giza. This started Flinders on his way to becoming known as one of the great innovators of scientific methods in excavation. In 1883 the book Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh was published to document his time at Giza. In 1923 he was knighted for services...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Jerusalem Protestant Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Pike Jr., James Albert b. February 14, 1913 d. September 9, 1969
Religious Figure. One of America's more controversial religious figures of the 20th Century. Raised Roman Catholic, he later came to consider himself an agnostic. He graduated from Yale Law School, and worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission. After serving in Naval Intelligence in World War II, he joined the Episcopal Church, and decided to enter the priesthood. He was ordained in 1946, and served as chaplain of Columbia University and as Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Peter's Cemetery, Haifa, Hefa (Haifa District), Israel
Rabin, Leah b. April 8, 1928 d. November 12, 2000
Wife of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Her first name is sometimes spelled Lea; both spellings are correct. Born Leah Schlossberg, in Königsberg, East Germany, of well to do Jewish parents who immigrated to Palestine in 1933, when the Nazis came to power. After World War II, she entered training to become a teacher, and joined the Palmach, a Jewish commando force that was fighting the British for control of Palestine, working on the group’s newspaper. There she met Yitzhak...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Cancer
Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Rabin, Yitzhak b. March 1, 1922 d. November 4, 1995
5th Israel Prime Minister. He served twice as Prime Minister of Israel, first from 1974 to 1977, then from 1992 until he was assassinated in 1995 by a right-wing Israeli, Yigal Amir, who opposed his government's signing of the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians. The first Israeli-born Prime Minister, and the second to die in office, he was born in Jerusalem, in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine, of Russian-Jewish parents. He grew up in Tel Aviv, and in 1940 graduated with...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Assassination
Mount Herzl National Cemetery, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Ramon, Ilan b. June 20, 1954 d. February 1, 2003
Israeli Astronaut. A Colonel in the Isreali Air Force, he was the first Israeli in fly in Outer Space. Before becoming an astronaut he had served in the Yom Kippur War in 1982. He was a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia. On February 1, 2003 NASA lost all communication and radar contact with the shuttle just minutes before a 9:16AM scheduled landing time. A short time later it was confirmed that the Columbia had exploded over eastern Texas, and that there were no survivors. (Bio by: K)
Moshav Nahalal Cemetery, Nahalal, HaZafon (Northern District), Israel
Romano, Yossef b. December 30, 1940 d. September 5, 1972
Olympic Athlete. A weightlifter for the 1972 Israeli Olympic team, he was one of 11 Israeli athletes who were held hostage and murdered in Munich by Palestinian terrorists. He was killed while attempting to fight off the attackers. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Herzilya Cemetery, Herzilya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Romanov, St. Elizabeth b. November 1, 1864 d. July 17, 1918
Russian Orthodox Saint, Russian Royalty. She was the daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice, who was the daughter of Queen Victoria. The sister to Czarina Alexandra, she married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Czar Nicholas' uncle on June 15, 1884. Grand Duke Sergei was the Governor-General of Moscow. After the Grand Duke's murder, Grand Duchess Elizabeth founded the Convent of Sts Mary & Martha in Moscow, which served as a hospital and an orphanage, and devoted herself...[Read More] (Bio by: john hinkle)
Saint Mary Magdalene Church, 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

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