Beloved leader and humanitarian battles serious illness, prompting widespread solidarity across Israel’s civic and religious communities.
Uri Lupolianski, the longtime chairman of Yad Sarah and former mayor of Jerusalem, is currently hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after his condition worsened due to acute pneumonia.
The 74-year-old public figure was admitted in serious condition, suffering from respiratory distress linked to the infection. Lupolianski has faced significant health challenges in the past, including a prolonged battle with cancer, from which he had successfully recovered—making this latest medical emergency especially concerning to supporters and admirers across Israel.
Widely respected for decades of public service, Lupolianski is regarded as one of Israel’s most influential social leaders, particularly through his work with Yad Sarah, which provides critical medical equipment and home-care assistance to hundreds of thousands of Israelis each year. His leadership has long symbolized compassion, dignity, and communal responsibility.
Family members have issued a public request for prayers for his complete recovery. His Hebrew name for prayer is Uri ben Malka.
Messages of concern and support continue to pour in from across the political, religious, and civic spectrum, reflecting Lupolianski’s unique role as a unifying figure whose life’s work has touched nearly every sector of Israeli society.
