Abba Eban

Permanent UN ambassadors meet with President Herzog

The group was somewhat smaller than previous delegations, but that may have been due to fears of travel to the Middle East during the current security situation.

MAY 14, 2023|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

President Isaac Herzog addresses the wave of violence in Israeli society in a speech on May 8, 2023.

Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

Did Israel's famed diplomat Abba Eban lack clout back home?

The Eban paradox is that he never succeeded in translating his immense international stature into commensurate domestic political capital.

NOVEMBER 17, 2022|ByMARK REGEV

Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney poses with some of the cast during a 40th anniversary street naming celebration in New York

Eli Evans, poet and influential grant-maker, dies at 85

Eli N. Evans dies at the age of 85 due to complications from COVID-19 in New York City on Tuesday.

JULY 29, 2022|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

President Isaac Herzog's mother, Aura, dies at 97

Aura Herzog who will be laid to rest alongside her husband on Mount Herzl, in the section reserved for leaders of the nation, is survived by her four children.

JANUARY 10, 2022|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN