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Nechama Rivlin
President Reuven Rivlin inspects a newly-developed variety of grapes named "Rivlin" in honor of his late wife Nechama, at the Agriculture Ministry's Agricultural Research Organization facility in Beit Dagan, August 15, 2019. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
August 15, 2019, 8:53 pm
New grape variety named ‘Rivlin’ for Israel’s late first lady
The grapes symbolize Nechama Rivlin’s ‘love of nature and its conservation’
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin speaking at the opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 25, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
July 26, 2019, 11:03 am
President announces cinema prize in memory of his wife, Nechama Rivlin
New award to be given to Israeli filmmakers in early stages of their career, Rivlin says at opening of Jerusalem Film Festival
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea, July 17, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 17, 2019, 10:09 am
Rivlin visits Korean Demilitarized Zone, calling it ‘the mouth of a volcano’
In first, president tours fortified frontier, comes close to North Korean troops, and has brick dedicated to his late wife
By Michael Bachner
President Reuven Rivlin (left) meets with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in Seoul, July 15, 2019 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
July 15, 2019, 12:20 pm
Rivlin, South Korea’s Moon sign cooperation agreements on energy, education
President expresses wish for greater cooperation between two nations, which face similar threats and challenges; South Korean counterpart praises Israeli ‘chutzpah’
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin at the grave of his late wife Nechama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl for the unveiling of her tombstone 30 days after her passing, on July 4, 2019. (Courtesy Tomer Reichman)
July 4, 2019, 11:09 pm
Rivlin visits late wife Nechama’s grave to unveil gravestone
‘She always lent a helping hand and treasured life’s simple moments,’ reads plaque at Israel’s deceased first lady’s grave on Mount Herzl
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin (L) greets people paying their respects to his wife during the traditional Shiva mourning period. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
June 7, 2019, 9:13 pm
Rivlin thanks public for ‘tides of love and warmth’ following wife’s passing
President says Israeli people’s ‘prayers, hopes and well-wishes’ gave the family strength during painful days after Nechama’s death
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the State funeral for late former President Shimo Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
June 6, 2019, 8:27 pm
Abbas calls Rivlin to offer condolences on wife’s passing
Hamas accuses PA leader of stabbing Palestinians in the back by offering message to Israeli president following death of Nechama Rivlin
By Adam Rasgon
Noah Efron
June 6, 2019, 6:33 am
Noah Efron
Nechama Rivlin was us
She had no airs, she was generous, thoughtful and idealistic: where can you find those qualities today in Israel? Everywhere
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses for a photo during a visit to the island of Yassiada in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, May 24, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
June 5, 2019, 11:00 pm
Erdogan sends condolences to Rivlin on death of his wife, Nechama
‘I share your pain with all my heart,’ Turkish president tells president and people of Israel
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin (2nd-R), accompanied by his children, recites the Mourner's Kaddish for his wife Nechama during her funeral at Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on June 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 5, 2019, 7:58 pm
‘The entire country loves you’: Nechama Rivlin laid to rest at Mount Herzl
Eulogizing his wife, President Rivlin thanks her for allowing him to be ‘the partner of the president of Israel’s wife’
By Jacob Magid
File: President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama look at the snow-covered garden at the President's Residence in Jerusalem after a snowstorm hit the capital in February 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 5, 2019, 4:01 pm
The first lady of modesty: 8 things to know for June 5
Nechama Rivlin is remembered for her lack of pretension, and the president is praised for his commitment to her, even if the rest of the political scene remains sour
By Joshua Davidovich
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with President Reuven Rivlin's wife Nechama as he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport on May 22, 2017, for his first official visit to Israel since becoming US president. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
June 5, 2019, 1:39 pm
Trump mourns Nechama Rivlin, says she represented Israel ‘with grace, stature’
US president sends condolences to Israeli counterpart on what would have been first lady’s 74th birthday; funeral to be held later Wednesday
By TOI staff
File: President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama look at the snow-covered garden at the President's Residence in Jerusalem after a snowstorm hit the capital in February 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 5, 2019, 4:53 am
Nechama Rivlin to be buried Wednesday evening at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl
Family invites public to attend funeral at national cemetery to pay respects to president’s wife, who died Tuesday at age 73
By TOI staff
Nechama Rivlin (R), wife of President Reuven Rivlin, on June 16, 2016. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90) Yair Yehezkel Halabli (L), who donated his lung to Rivlin. (Twitter)
June 4, 2019, 9:49 pm
Mother of Nechama Rivlin’s lung donor: ‘Another part of you has gone’
Sari Halabli, mother of 19-year-old Yair who died in March drowning accident, eulogizes president‘s ‘modest’ wife, says she will ‘rest in peace, together with my enchanting son’
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama Rivlin. (GPO)
June 4, 2019, 3:53 pm
Politicians across the spectrum mourn ‘modest and smart’ Nechama Rivlin
Ministers and lawmakers offer condolences over the death of a first lady they remember as relentless activist for the benefit of others
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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