Deaths in the 1940s

Shalom Hedaya

1864–1945 (age 81)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shlomo Nosson Kotler

1865–1945 (age 80)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yehuda Fatiyah

1859–1942 (age 83)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yohanan Levi

1901–1945 (age 44)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Eliyahu Golomb

1893–1945 (age 52)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Gregoire Belkowsky

1865–1948 (age 83)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehuda Karni

1884–1949 (age 65)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Oscar Gruzenberg

1866–1940 (age 74)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Zalman Yiẓḥak Anokhi

1878–1947 (age 69)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Avigdor Mandelberg

1869–1944 (age 75)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David Shor

1867–1942 (age 75)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Jacob Steinberg

1887–1947 (age 60)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Meʼir Ṿilḳansḳi

1882–1949 (age 67)

Kfar Vitkin

Yehoshua Chana Ravnicky

1859–1944 (age 85)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Avraham Al-Naddaf

1866–1940 (age 74)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Rabbi Avraham Al-Naddaf was a guiding spiritual leader in Jerusalem.

Eliyahu Landa

1873–1946 (age 73)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Boevskiĭ, Arʹe

1889–1942 (age 53)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Arʹe Boevskiĭ served with dedication as military personnel before his life ended in 1942.

Benzion Alfes

1850–1940 (age 90)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

David Yellin

1864–1941 (age 77)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

David Yellin championed Jewish education and political representation in Mandate Palestine.

Залман Йосеф Соловейчик

1874–1942 (age 68)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Sergey Dmitrievich Tverskoy (1874-1942) was a Russian from Ryazan Governorate who emigrated to France after the Bolshevi...

Annie Landau

1873–1945 (age 72)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Annie Landau guided generations of young women through education in Jerusalem until her passing in 1945.

Yehuda Leib Don Yihye

1869–1941 (age 72)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yeḥiʻam Ṿaits

1918–1946 (age 28)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Yeḥiʻam Ṿaits belonged to a generation committed to building a resilient community.

Pinhas Grayevski

1873–1941 (age 68)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shemuel Kaufman

1927–1947 (age 20)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Shemuel Kaufman was a young man who embodied hope for the future of his community.

Simon Hirsch Hurwitz

1870–1946 (age 76)

Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

Haviva Reik

1914–1944 (age 30)

Mount Herzl

Haviva Reik volunteered as a paratrooper and paid the ultimate price during her courageous wartime mission.

David Raziel

1910–1941 (age 31)

Mount Herzl

Eliyahu Hakim

1925–1945 (age 20)

Mount Herzl

Eliyahu Hakim was a member of the underground whose commitment to independence led to his execution in 1945.

Eliyahu Bet-Zuri

1922–1945 (age 23)

Mount Herzl

Rafa'el Reisz

1914–1944 (age 30)

Mount Herzl

Rafa'el Reisz gave his life in service as military personnel in 1944.

Esther Cailingold

1925–1948 (age 23)

Mount Herzl

Emmanuel Landau

1928–1948 (age 20)

Mount Herzl

Emmanuel Landau served as military personnel and fell during Israel's War of Independence.

Stephen Norman

1918–1946 (age 28)

Mount Herzl

Reuven Zekharyah

1924–1948 (age 24)

Mount Herzl

Writer Reuven Zekharyah captured the hopes of the Yishuv's formative years with a vivid and compassionate pen.

Pinhas Fiedler

1911–1948 (age 37)

Mount Herzl

Eliyahu Dov Lizarowitz

1854–1941 (age 87)

Mount of Olives

Mashgiach ruchani Eliyahu Dov Lizarowitz devoted his life to nurturing the spiritual discipline of students.

Hillel Joseph Port

1892–1940 (age 48)

Mount of Olives

Yoanna Jabotinsky

1884–1949 (age 65)

grave of Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Agronomist Yoanna Jabotinsky championed practical training and tireless stewardship that strengthened rural life.

Israel Habas

1868–1940 (age 72)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky

1883–1945 (age 62)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Translator Aryeh Leib Smiatitzky made vital texts accessible to Hebrew readers, enriching cultural life.

Pesach Oyerbakh

1877–1945 (age 68)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Zeev Gluskin

1859–1949 (age 90)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Business executive Zeev Gluskin guided commerce with integrity and invested in civic growth.

Yishai Adler

1870–1948 (age 78)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Yehiel Halperin

1880–1942 (age 62)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Teacher Yehiel Halperin inspired students with a passion for knowledge and civic duty.

Yiśakhar Dov Bar-Derora

1882–1941 (age 59)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Samuel S. Bloom

1860–1941 (age 81)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Inventor Samuel S. Bloom combined imagination and skill to advance practical tools for daily life.

Abraham Kahana

1874–1946 (age 72)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz

1854–1945 (age 91)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Translator Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz bridged cultures by carefully rendering literature into Hebrew.

Dov Sterenglaz

1926–1945 (age 19)

Trumpeldor cemetery