Elderly Artist Found Dead in Herzliya Marina After Fishing Trip

Alexander Sorsher, 76, who had been missing since Saturday morning, was found deceased in the Herzliya Marina on Saturday afternoon. Authorities suspect Sorsher, an architect and artist, went fishing and accidentally fell into the water. His daughter, Katy, described her father as someone who "loved the sea, both in reality and in painting," and who "knew how to reach the least beautiful places and find the beautiful things in them and paint them." Sorsher, originally from the Soviet Union, immigrated to Israel in 1990. He worked as a landscape architect, notably designing the Labyrinth of the Nations at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. During the Second Intifada, he shifted to renovations and dedicated more time to his art, sculpting and painting, with his works sold internationally. He also sold his ceramics in Nachalat Binyamin and was known for his talent with his hands. The family began to worry when he did not return home by 9 a.m. as usual. "My mother called me around 10:00 and asked if Dad had spoken to me because she was starting to worry," Katy recounted. "I told her everything would be fine, and I was wrong, unfortunately." After searching the marina and finding his car without him, they contacted the police. The search continued for several hours until his body was recovered from the sea late in the afternoon. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The police stated that while they, along with the air unit, marine police, and Herzliya Municipality's supervision and coastal affairs department, were involved in the search, there was no suspicion of foul play. A paramedic who arrived at the scene confirmed finding a 76-year-old man unresponsive after he was pulled from the sea, with no signs of life.