Deaths in the 1930s

Ya'akov Avital

1898–1937 (age 39)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Stage actor Ya'akov Avital brought drama and passion to the Hebrew stage in the years before 1937.

David Nishri

1917–1936 (age 19)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David Nishri was a young resident of Palestine during the formative years of the Yishuv in the 1930s.

Meir Shapiro

1887–1933 (age 46)

Har HaMenuchot

Rabbi Meir Shapiro's visionary Daf Yomi program united Jewish learners across the world and inspired renewed commitment ...

Sholem Schwarzbard

1886–1938 (age 52)

Avihayil

Sholem Schwarzbard was a writer who engaged with the intellectual currents of early twentieth-century Jewish society.

Sion Cohen Yeunaten

1872–1931 (age 59)

Berekhya

Rabbi Sion Cohen Yeunaten guided the Berekhya community with warmth and devotion.

Meir Dizengoff

1861–1936 (age 75)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Meir Dizengoff was an influential businessperson whose leadership and vision shaped the development of the Jewish Yishuv...

Shmaryahu Levin

1867–1935 (age 68)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Shmaryahu Levin was a Zionist politician whose voice championed Jewish national aspirations.

Hayim Nahman Bialik

1873–1934 (age 61)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Hayim Nahman Bialik was a preeminent Hebrew writer and poet whose works shaped modern Jewish culture and literature.

Benjamin Fuchs

d. 1933

Gedera

Benjamin Fuchs is remembered in Gedera for his quiet dedication to his neighbors.

Mordecai ben Hillel Hacohen

1856–1936 (age 80)

Binyamina

Mordecai ben Hillel Hacohen was a journalist who contributed significantly to Hebrew public discourse and journalism.

Jessie Sampter

1883–1938 (age 55)

Givat Brenner

Jessie Sampter was an American Zionist writer whose advocacy strengthened Hebrew education and women's social causes in ...

Aharon Eisenberg

1863–1931 (age 68)

Rehovot

Aharon Eisenberg was a settler in Rehovot during the pioneering years of Jewish agricultural settlement in Palestine.

Adelheid von Rothschild

1853–1935 (age 82)

Ramat HaNadiv

Adelheid von Rothschild was a philanthropist whose generosity nurtured welfare and horticultural landscapes in the homel...

Edmond James de Rothschild

1845–1934 (age 89)

Ramat HaNadiv

Edmond James de Rothschild was a prominent banker and philanthropist whose support was instrumental in developing Jewish...

Alter Drujanow

1870–1938 (age 68)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Alter Drujanow was a writer who captured the hopes and struggles of Jewish communities through his Hebrew prose.

Haim Arlosoroff

1899–1933 (age 34)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Haim Arlosoroff was a writer and intellectual whose work engaged with the political and cultural questions of his era.

Chaim Chissin

1865–1932 (age 67)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Dr. Chaim Chissin was a pioneering physician who tended to the emerging population of Tel Aviv and promoted public healt...

Moshe Glickson

1878–1939 (age 61)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Moshe Glickson was a translator whose work facilitated cultural and intellectual exchange within the Jewish community.

Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum

1860–1934 (age 74)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Simon Yakovlevich Rosenbaum was a lawyer and Zionist activist committed to establishing legal and communal foundations f...

Simcha Ben Zion

1870–1932 (age 62)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yitzhak Alterman

1881–1939 (age 58)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yitzhak Alterman was an educator who guided generations of Hebrew-speaking youth and helped shape the Yishuv's school sy...

Samuel Leib Gordon

1865–1933 (age 68)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Judith Marquet-Krause

1906–1936 (age 30)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Judith Marquet-Krause was an archaeologist whose careful excavations at Tel Yokneam broadened knowledge of the Levantine...

Bentsiyon Rasḳin

1890–1930 (age 40)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Shlomo Ha-kohen Aaronsohn

1863–1935 (age 72)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Shlomo Ha-kohen Aaronsohn served as a respected guide for his community, offering calm leadership through times of trans...

Mordecai Ben-Ammi (Rabinowicz)

1854–1932 (age 78)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Pinchas Friedman

1865–1937 (age 72)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Pinchas Friedman was a merchant whose integrity and kindness earned him the respect of friends and customers alike.

Moshe Beilinson

1889–1936 (age 47)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yechiel Yechieli

1866–1937 (age 71)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yechiel Yechieli was a devoted schoolmaster who inspired children to pursue learning with curiosity and care.

Zina Dizengoff

1872–1930 (age 58)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Sarah Ita Felman

1865–1936 (age 71)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Sarah Ita Felman was cherished for her compassion and the generous care she extended to her family and community.

Yechiel Greenfeld

1859–1937 (age 78)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehuda Lieb Tzvi Yevzerov

1854–1935 (age 81)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehuda Lieb Tzvi Yevzerov used his pen to reflect the soul of his people during a pivotal time in Jewish history.

Noah Shapira

1863–1931 (age 68)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yosef Aharonovits

1877–1937 (age 60)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yosef Aharonovits was a journalist whose steadfast reporting helped chart the course of his community.</p>

Yosef Eliyahu Chelouche

1870–1934 (age 64)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Eliezer Schein

1880–1931 (age 51)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Eliezer Schein taught with tenderness and conviction, helping each child he guided to discover their own strength.</p>

David Yeshayahu Silberbusch

1854–1936 (age 82)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Heinrich Elchanan Steiner

1859–1934 (age 75)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Heinrich Elchanan Steiner was a writer whose thoughtful works enriched the cultural life of his era.</p>

Zalman Epstein

1860–1936 (age 76)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehuda Leib Matmon-Cohen

1869–1939 (age 70)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehuda Leib Matmon-Cohen was a linguist whose scholarship deepened appreciation for the language of his people.</p>

Yehoshua Fridman

1885–1934 (age 49)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Isaac Leib Goldberg

1860–1935 (age 75)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Isaac Leib Goldberg was a philanthropist whose generous spirit and vision helped shape the emerging Jewish society in Is...

Avraham Tsifroni

1882–1933 (age 51)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Rachel Bluwstein

1890–1931 (age 41)

Kinneret Cemetery

Rachel Bluwstein was a beloved Hebrew poet whose vivid verses about longing and landscape shaped early Israeli poetry.

Jacob Meir

1856–1939 (age 83)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shlomo Zalman Havlin

1877–1936 (age 59)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shlomo Zalman Havlin was a devoted pillar of Jerusalem’s faithful community, remembered for his steady guidance.

Abba Yaakov Boruchow

1848–1936 (age 88)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yisroel Hager

1860–1936 (age 76)

Shomrei Shabbos Cemetery

Yisroel Hager (1860-1936) was born in Vyzhnytsia and was buried in Oradea, Romania.

Natan Daṿid, mi-Partsiṿa

1866–1930 (age 64)

Segula Cemetery