The mother of Noa Argamani, Liora Argamani, z’l, who was rescued from captivity in Gaza last month died on Tuesday morning at the age of 61 in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
Liora’s death came after a three-year battle with brain cancer.
After her daughter was abducted on October 7th, Liora tirelessly fought for her last wish – for her daughter to be released so she could reunite with her before her death. She wrote letters to US President Joe Biden and appeared on various media outlets.
Sadly, by the time Noa was rescued, Liora was unable to communicate. However, family members and hospital staff believed that she understood that her daughter had returned home. Noa was able to stay at her mother’s side in the weeks before her death.
One of the special forces officers who rescued Noa from Gaza later said that Noa’s first question was: “Is my mother still alive?”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I have to ask.
Was she Jewish bichlal?
Cos she’s clearly Chinese and she’s not looking loads religious. If she’s not a giyores then she’s not Jewish and neither is her daughter. And it doesn’t past to say zochronoh livrocho…
Is this woman a giyoress?
did TYW really write “zecher l’vrocho” about a non-Jew who married a Jew?
probably underwent an irreligious, invalid geirus.
i never saw anyone anywhere claiming she was jewish
She and her daughter are gentiles.
Many of us here in Israel have asked the same question. Did she do giur and the word is, probably. Her husband wears a kippa and she uses the name Liora.
That said, even if she not Jewish there is nothing wrong with saying z”l after her name. It’s the Jewish way of saying “remembered fondly”. I personally have heard a very important Rav say, “Sempo Sugihara zt”l”. The Japanese diplomat in Kovno who issued over 2000 visas to Jews, including the Mir yeshiva.
Follow up to my prevoius post
This is a quote from an article posted on June 14, 2024, in “בחדרי חרדים”
“אמא ליאורה, גיורת, גדלה בסין, נמצאת בימים אלה במצב קשה בריאותית. המחלה הארורה.”
She merited Kevurat Yisrael in the Bet Olmin in Beersheva.
Rav Deri is the Rav who makes these decisions.
So obviously she’s completely Jewish.
If she is a goyte then she’s a lot worse, than sugihara. She’s not a chosid umos ho’olom. She’s more like a shor hanirvaas/haniskal. She brought takoloh to a Jewish man.
Her zikaron is not a brocha.
I think Mr Argamani is frum
He made a shehechiyanu bshem umalchus when the press informed him that his daughter was rescued. He was wearing a kippa.
The assumption ought to be that the Argamanis are all Jewish, I think