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Jerusalem: 24 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here

WK
Portrait of Walid Khalidi (1925–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Walid Khalidi

07/16/1925 – 03/08/2026

100 years

Palestinian historian

Cambridge
2
UL
Portrait of Uri Lupolianski (1951–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Uri Lupolianski

08/29/1951 – 01/07/2026

74 years

Israeli politician

Jerusalem
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AC
Portrait of Arthur Cohn (1927–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Arthur Cohn

02/04/1927 – 12/12/2025

98 years

Swiss film producer

Jerusalem
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YB
Portrait of Yehuda Bauer (1926–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Yehuda Bauer

04/06/1926 – 10/18/2024

98 years

Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian

Jerusalem
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UO
Portrait of Uri Orlev (1931–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Uri Orlev

02/24/1931 – 07/26/2022

91 years

Polish-Israeli children's writer

Jerusalem
1
AB
Portrait of Abraham B. Jehoshua (1936–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Abraham B. Jehoshua

12/19/1936 – 06/14/2022

85 years

Israeli writer

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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IB
Portrait of Isaac Berger (1936–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Isaac Berger

11/16/1936 – 06/04/2022

85 years

American weightlifter

Jerusalem
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SA
Portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh (1971–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Shireen Abu Akleh

04/03/1971 – 05/11/2022

51 years

Palestinian-American journalist

Jenin
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NP
Portrait of Nehemiah Persoff (1919–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Nehemiah Persoff

08/02/1919 – 04/05/2022

102 years

American actor and painter

San Luis Obispo
1
SE
Portrait of Saeb Erekat (1955–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Saeb Erekat

04/28/1955 – 11/10/2020

65 years

Palestinian diplomat

Jerusalem
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ZS
Portrait of Zeev Sternhell (1935–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Zeev Sternhell

04/10/1935 – 06/21/2020

85 years

Israeli historian

Jerusalem
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AO
Portrait of Amos Oz (1939–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Amos Oz

née Amos Klausner

05/04/1939 – 12/28/2018

79 years

Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual

Tel Aviv
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Family Tree
SP
Portrait of Schimon Peres (1923–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Schimon Peres

née Szymon Perski

08/02/1923 – 09/28/2016

93 years

Israeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

Sheba Medical Center
15
Family Tree
IN
Portrait of Isaak Nawon (1921–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Isaak Nawon

04/09/1921 – 11/07/2015

94 years

5th President of Israel (1978–1983), Israeli Cabinet minister, Member of the Knesset, author, playwright, and educator (born 1921–2015)

Jerusalem
11
Family Tree
OJ
Portrait of Ovadja Josef (1920–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Ovadja Josef

09/23/1920 – 10/07/2013

93 years

Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983

Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital
2
Family Tree
IS
Portrait of Isaak Schamir (1915–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Isaak Schamir

10/22/1915 – 06/30/2012

96 years

7th Prime Minister of Israel

Herzliya
11
Family Tree
BN
Portrait of Benzion Netanjahu (1910–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Benzion Netanjahu

née Benzion Milejkowski

03/25/1910 – 04/30/2012

102 years

Jewish encyclopedist, historian and medievalist

Jerusalem
26
Family Tree
SN
Portrait of Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (1923–2010) – memorial page

Memorial

Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

09/10/1923 – 09/02/2010

86 years

Israeli sociologist

Jerusalem
2
JT
Portrait of Josef Tal (1910–2008) – memorial page

Memorial

Josef Tal

née Joseph Grünthal

09/18/1910 – 08/25/2008

97 years

Israeli composer

Jerusalem
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Family Tree
TK
Portrait of Teddy Kollek (1911–2007) – memorial page

Memorial

Teddy Kollek

05/27/1911 – 01/02/2007

95 years

Israeli politician

Jerusalem
11
ES
Portrait of Edward Said (1935–2003) – memorial page

Memorial

Edward Said

11/01/1935 – 09/25/2003

67 years

Palestinian-American professor

New York City
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RS
Portrait of Rechaw'am Se'ewi (1926–2001) – memorial page

Memorial

Rechaw'am Se'ewi

06/20/1926 – 10/17/2001

75 years

Israeli politician, Minister of Tourism, and Israel Defense Forces senior officer

Jerusalem
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JA
Portrait of Jehuda Amichai (1924–2000) – memorial page

Memorial

Jehuda Amichai

née Ludwig Pfeuffer

05/03/1924 – 09/22/2000

76 years

Israeli poet

Jerusalem
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Family Tree
JR
Portrait of Jitzchak Rabin (1922–1995) – memorial page

Memorial

Jitzchak Rabin

03/01/1922 – 11/04/1995

73 years

Israeli politician, statesman and general

Tel Aviv
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