Asim Goldman

Age: 51

Summary: professor of Hebrew studies at Tel Aviv University who was the author of more than 20 books of Jewish scholarship and recently served as a longtime project manager for the non-governmental civil rights organization Anti-Defamation League since 1988.

Cause of Death: Airplane accident

Born: November 30, 1954

Died: July 17, 2006

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel