 After retiring from the Jewish Agency, he received an award from the Keren Hayesod foundation for his struggle for Soviet Jewry, was interviewed by the Israeli Kneset channel, and appeared in a television event in honor of Geulah Cohen.Dov Schperling died from cancer in 2014.A memorial event was held in the Jabotinsky Institute, hosted by the head of the institute, Yossi Achimeir.