Yachimovich mourns Orbach on her Facebook page

Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich laments the passing of Jewish Home Minister Uri Orbach on her Facebook page: “My friend Uri Orbach passed away and it is sad and painful. It is unjust and maddening that the life of the best of all, the wisest of all, the most honest and most decent of all, the funniest of all — he is the one whose life was cut short, before his time.”

Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90) — Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yachimovich, who shares Orbach’s birthday, continues: “We were born in the same year, in the same month, on the same day and at the same hour. Our connection, despite belonging to opposite political camps — was close and unusual. I join Michal and the children in mourning. May his memory be a blessing.”