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Yechiel Klar Death – Obituary | Yechiel Klar Has Died

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Yechiel Klar Death – Obituary: On August 11th, 2021, InsideEko Media learned about the death of Yechiel Klar through social media publications made on Twitter.

InsideEko is yet to confirm Yechiel Klar’s cause of death as no health issues, accident or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.

This death has caused a lot of friends and family of Klar much hurt. It is in that mourning spirit that the concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and condolences to the affected family.

Tributes To Yechiel Klar

Across social media users’ timelines are statements that show respect, admiration, and gratitude towards Klar as people mourn the passing.

It is sad to hear that our colleague Yechiel Klar passed away. He developed many inspiring concepts that allowed to better explain national defensiveness: perpetual ingroup victimhood orientation (PIVO); view of the group as transgenerational (TG); narrative closure (FENCE), etc.
Few years ago, while observing national-level attempts to censor history in Poland and Israel, we wrote together an analysis of psychological mechanisms responsible for such historical censorship – based on the evidence from two countries.
My favorite Hilik’s work is the article about four distinctive leanings that nations can derive from being a victim of genocide, based on the deep analysis of Holocaust memory in Israel.
For the vast majority of contemporary Israelis, the Holocaust is an acquired memory. However, over the years its presence has not diminished but rather is on the rise. We describe how perceptions of…
In recent years we lost few brilliant psychologists who studied how people view their nation’s history: János László, Denis Hilton, Sonia Roccas, and now Hilik Klar. These people strongly impacted the way social psychologists study historical representations today. [5/5]

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Family privacy should be respected at this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the passing of Klar.