Deaths in the 1950s

Tsadok Bassan

1882–1956 (age 74)

Har HaMenuchot

Saadia Benveniste

1876–1957 (age 81)

Har HaMenuchot

Saadia Benveniste is remembered as a pillar of Sephardic life whose steady devotion helped sustain Jewish tradition in J...

Isser Zalman Meltzer

1870–1953 (age 83)

Har HaMenuchot

Alfred Bonne

1889–1959 (age 70)

Har HaMenuchot

Alfred Bonne is respected as an economist whose teaching and insight shaped Israel’s early financial thinking.

Aharon Rokeach

1880–1957 (age 77)

Har HaMenuchot

Gershon Agron

1894–1959 (age 65)

Har HaMenuchot

Gershon Agron is celebrated for founding The Palestine Post and for his passionate stewardship of Jerusalem as mayor.

Moshe Murro

1888–1957 (age 69)

Har HaMenuchot

Zelig Reuven Bengis

1864–1953 (age 89)

Har HaMenuchot

Zelig Reuven Bengis is honored as a towering rabbinic scholar whose judgments and care guided the faithful.

Yolande Harmer

1913–1957 (age 44)

Har HaMenuchot

Zeev Ben-Zvi

1904–1952 (age 48)

Har HaMenuchot

Zeev Ben-Zvi is remembered as an educator who nurtured generations of students with a love for learning.

Moshe Hacohen

1874–1950 (age 76)

Har HaMenuchot

Baruch Shohetman

1890–1956 (age 66)

Har HaMenuchot

Baruch Shohetman was a devoted librarian who guarded and shared cultural memory with patience and care.

Shefatia Segal

d. 1955

Har HaMenuchot

Julius Zimels

1872–1954 (age 82)

Har HaMenuchot

Rabbi Julius Zimels was a spiritual guide whose scholarship and compassion steadied his community through changing times...

Isidor Schalit

1871–1954 (age 83)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Heinrich Loewe

1869–1951 (age 82)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Heinrich Loewe was a writer whose thoughtful works explored identity and human connection with elegance and empathy.

Israel Rokach

1896–1959 (age 63)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David Shimoni

1886–1956 (age 70)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David Shimoni was a Hebrew writer whose lyrical work uplifted modern Jewish identity with grace.

Nissan Touroff

1877–1953 (age 76)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Jacob Fichman

1881–1958 (age 77)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Jacob Fichman was a Hebrew poet whose reflective verses deepened the modern literary landscape with clarity and tenderne...

Zalman Shneur

1887–1959 (age 72)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David-Zvi Pinkas

1895–1952 (age 57)

Trumpeldor cemetery

David-Zvi Pinkas was a principled lawyer and public servant who helped build the legal foundations of his people’s fut...

Chaim Atar

1902–1953 (age 51)

Ein Harod

Barukh Dagon

1884–1957 (age 73)

Geva

Barukh Dagon was a children's writer whose playful stories nurtured imagination and kindness.

Shelomit Mashḳeh

1902–1950 (age 48)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Melech Zagorodski

1868–1953 (age 85)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Melech Zagorodski was an agronomist whose expertise helped communities cultivate the land with both care and innovation.

Mordechai Ezrahi

1862–1951 (age 89)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Devorah Baron

1887–1956 (age 69)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Devorah Baron was a pioneering Hebrew writer whose insightful stories expanded the range of voices in modern Jewish lite...

Samuel Horodezky

1871–1957 (age 86)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Aryeh Goldberg

1887–1954 (age 67)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Aryeh Goldberg was a microbiologist whose thoughtful research strengthened public health and inspired colleagues to purs...

Moshe Cohen

1888–1959 (age 71)

Trumpeldor cemetery

Puah Rakovsky

1865–1955 (age 90)

Har HaMenuchot

Victor Tcherikover

1894–1958 (age 64)

Har HaMenuchot

Selig Soskin

1873–1959 (age 86)

Nahariya

Abraham Avrunin

1869–1957 (age 88)

Mishmar HaEmek

David Bader

1875–1950 (age 75)

Givat HaShlosha

Jacob Levy

1894–1956 (age 62)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Rivḳah Alper

1902–1958 (age 56)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Y. L. Barukh

1874–1953 (age 79)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Pinchas Ben-Porat

1914–1955 (age 41)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Yaakov Rosner

1902–1950 (age 48)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Teofil Simchowicz

1879–1957 (age 78)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Eliezer Hirszauge

1911–1954 (age 43)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Joachim Klagsbald

1880–1958 (age 78)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Eugen Kolb

1898–1959 (age 61)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Alfred Abraham

1900–1958 (age 58)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Chaya Weizmann-Lichtenstein

1879–1959 (age 80)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Joel Mastbaum

1882–1957 (age 75)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Yosefa Schocken

1911–1958 (age 47)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery

Ludwig Ferdinand Meyer

1879–1954 (age 75)

Kiryat Shaul Cemetery