Biography ❯ Notable Figures

Religious Leaders

Agha Family Pope Francis Popes José María Díaz Fernández Community Activists Voddie Baucham Jr. Rabbi Alvin Kass Rabbi Chananya Sinai Dovid Halberstam Rabbi Baruch Shalom Kahan Jeffrey R. Holland Presidents of the Church President Jeffrey R. Holland

Uri Lupolianski, Yad Sarah Founder and Former Jerusalem Mayor, Dies at 74

He will be buried Thursday in Jerusalem following a recent hospitalization for severe pneumonia.

Rabbi Chananya Sinai Dovid “Chesed” Halberstam Dies at 74 With Funeral Passing 770 Before Queens Burial

Rabbi Baruch Shalom Kahan, 91, Dies, Noted Preserver of Early Rebbe Talks

Rabbi Alvin Kass, NYPD’s Longest-Serving Chief Chaplain, Dies at 89