Death

A decade after Facebook: Instagram enables memorializing people after their death

Instagram now lets users appoint a memorial contact to manage parts of their account after death - without posting or reading messages - joining Facebook in offering tools to cope with loss.

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The entrance to Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), in Be'er Ya'akov, southeast of Tel Aviv on December 15, 2020.

'An unfathomable tragedy': Man crushed by fallen tree at Shamir Medical Center

Intravenous bags hangs in a hospital (illustrative)

Eyes harvested from the dead, bodies lost: Families file complaints against California hospitals

A man sticks his head in the sand in denial (illustrative)

A coma of denial: A cancer patient's struggle with facing mortality - opinion


Elderly Israeli woman dies in Greece after five story fall from hotel

An elderly Israeli woman died after she fell five stories from her hotel room in Greece, local media reported.

 Locals preffer tourists with deeper pockets. Corfu island in Greece

Inside the Tuam Dig: Archaeologists battle time to identify babies buried under St. Mary's

The two-year forensic dig, led by an 18-member international team, will probe the disused septic tank where the Bon Secours order is believed to have buried the children between 1925 and 1961.

 Tuam, Ireland.

Over 100 US Sheriffs join ZAKA training course on Jewish burial customs

Event in Florida strengthens cultural sensitivity in law enforcement amid ongoing support for Jewish communities

 Over 100 sheriffs joined the seminar hosted by ZAKA Search and Rescue last week in Florida aimed at educating law enforcement on Jewish customs related to honoring the dead.

Bereaved children from Israel-Hamas War find comfort at Koby Mandell Camp

The Koby Mandell Foundation provides emotional support, summer camps, workshops, and enrichment activities for bereaved children and their families.

Photos show participants in the camp.

He saw the afterlife: The neurosurgeon who came back from the dead

Prof. Eben Alexander, a brain research expert, fell into a coma and was considered a lost case. When he awoke, he claimed to have visited the afterlife.

 Stairway to Heaven

'The Life of the Soul': A look at Judaism's view on 'gilgul' and reincarnation - review

With such erudite scholarship, The Life of the Soul is a landmark contribution and resource to the study of Jewish mysticism.

 An illustrative image of a young woman by the beach holding hands with a transparent figure.

Prosecutors charge six in death of archaeology student in excavation accident

'The cellar should not have been entered by persons at any time without the necessary safety measures,' stated the public prosecutor's office.

 Leimen, Heidelberg, Baden Wurttemberg. Germany

A-G's husband Zion Miara passes away after battling ALS

Opposition leader Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich took to X/Twitter to express their condolences.

 Zion Miara, husband of the Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, who passed away on Tuesday, 24 June, 2025.

New study shows cannabis use doubles risk of death from heart disease

Research underscores the severity of cardiovascular risks associated with cannabis consumption.

 New study shows cannabis use doubles risk of death from heart disease.

Family warns against ‘dusting’ challenge after teenage daughter died from viral trend

Dusting, also known as ‘chroming’ or ‘huffing,’  is a trend where a computer dusting spray is inhaled to get high.

 Facebook, TikTok apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021.

Could consciousness last forever? - opinion

Compare consciousness to a radio. You can smash the radio and the music stops, but that doesn’t mean the music came from the radio.

 Composition of human head and fractal colors to serve as a supporting backdrop for projects on mind, dreams, thinking, consciousness, and imagination.