'Like An Angel': J.J. Greenberg, rising communal star, killed in Israel traffic accident at 36

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: September 20, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Jonathan Joseph ("J.J.") Greenberg, 36, an ascendant star in Jewish communal service, died in Tel Aviv on Saturday, one day after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He was buried Tuesday in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners.

Mr. Greenberg, who lived in Manhattan, was struck Friday morning while riding with his brother David and a friend at Binyamina Junction, near Zichron Yaakov, in northern Israel. He was flown by helicopter to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, where he died the next day.

Mr. Greenberg served as executive director of the New York-based Jewish ...

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