User:Gerda Arendt/Yoninah

Yoninah died in January 2021. Her absence was felt immediately, because she was present almost every day, especially in the DYK area, but the sad reason became known only in March.

Yoninah was an editor since 3 July 2007, first interested in Roots: The Saga of an American Family. She identified as a Jewish professional editor, writing articles for Wikipedia about (in her order) Rabbis, Breslov personalities, Jewish personalities, Hasidic dynasties, Yeshivas, Streets, Neighborhoods, Landmarks, Cemeteries, Jewish themes, Books and Films. She might have added food and women. Some of her articles reached GA status, such as Birds' Head Haggadah, Chaim Topol, Chavrusa, Downtown Triangle (Jerusalem), Schwester Selma and The Precious Legacy. She was among the 400 most active editors.

Yoninah became the soul of DYK, with a gift to assemble diverse and interesting sets of DYK "hooks", a task that requires a broad skill of topics around the world, and diplomacy in dealing with the conflicting interests of editors, staying focused on the interests of our readers. She contributed hundreds of articles to the section, among the last Psalm 148, written in collaboration. She added Hebrew text and facts about use in Judaism to almost sixty of the Psalms.

Her edits stopped suddenly on 18 January 2021, and she was missed soon. Her death was deduced on 17 March 2021 from an external obituary, and confirmed by users who knew her: a shock for the community.

Yoninah was beloved and will be remembered, best by carrying on her work. הַ֥לְלוּיָ֨הּ הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֑יִם הַֽ֜לְל֗וּהוּ בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים