{"id":19908,"date":"2014-11-19T05:19:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T11:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=19908"},"modified":"2014-11-19T05:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T11:19:16","slug":"terror-victims-mourned-in-jerusalem-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/terror-victims-mourned-in-jerusalem-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror victims mourned in Jerusalem \u2014 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By BEN SALES<\/p>\n<p>TEL AVIV (JTA) &#8212; They all lived on the same street. They had all moved there from abroad. They were all rabbis. They all prayed at the same synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>And it was at that Jerusalem synagogue that they were all murdered on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19920\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Funerals in Jerusalem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19920\" class=\"wp-image-19920 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-300x200.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19920\" class=\"wp-image-19920 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-300x200.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/synagogue-massacre-funeral-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of Israelis mourn at the funeral of three of the victims killed earlier in the day when two Palestinian terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue with pistols and axes and began attacking Jewish worshippers. (Miriam Alster\/Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mosheh Twersky, 59; Kalman Levine, 55; Aryeh Kupinsky, 43; and Avraham Goldberg, 68, were killed when two cousins from eastern Jerusalem entered Bnei Torah Kehillat Yaakov, in the haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, wielding a gun and butcher knives. The attackers, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, injured seven others before they were killed at the scene by Israeli police.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli Druze police officer &#8212; Zidan Saif, 30, of the Druze village of Kfar Yanouch in the Galilee &#8212; died Tuesday night of wounds suffered during the shootout with the assailants.<\/p>\n<p>Twersky, Levine and Kupinsky were Americans. Goldberg was from England. All of the men were laid to rest Tuesday in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here, standing in front of these three holy men, the best of our community, Torah scholars whose blood flowed like water,\u201d said Rabbi Yitzchak Mordechai Rubin, the chief rabbi of Bnei Torah, according to the Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Twersky, the head of the Toras Moshe Yeshiva, was the eldest grandson of the influential American Orthodox scholar Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik. Twersky left behind his wife, five children and 10 grandchildren.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19921\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Synagogue attack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19921\" class=\"wp-image-19921 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-300x199.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19921\" class=\"wp-image-19921 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-300x199.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli police and rescue at the scene where two terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014 brandishing pistols and axes. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Kosher Division and a student of Soleveitchik, knew Twersky for most of his life and told JTA &#8220;he was in every respect extraordinary,&#8221; noting &#8220;his kindness, his stunning brilliance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a great scholar. You saw his devotion to his students and their love for him,&#8221; Genack said. &#8220;He was reserved, very insightful. He came from the most exalted rabbinic family and yet he was just so humble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Levine, who is survived by his wife, nine children and five grandchildren, grew up in Kansas City, MO. He was born Cary Levine and attended the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy there. A friend told the Kansas City Star that he was a &#8220;gentle soul with a kind heart.&#8221; His son eulogized him Tuesday as a diligent scholar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My father would study all day long and would return home at night only to learn some more until he would fall asleep in his chair,&#8221; the son said, according to Israel&#8217;s Foreign Ministry. &#8220;Abba, you were in the middle of saying the Shema [prayer] when your soul left your body and the terrorists came and murdered you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kupinsky, who also emigrated from the United States, leaves behind his wife and five children. He lost a daughter, Chaya Chana, who died in her sleep two years ago at 13. According to the Foreign Ministry, he was known to be very generous and was a daily worshipper at the synagogue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19923\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Bullet hole at synagogue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19923\" class=\"wp-image-19923 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19923\" class=\"wp-image-19923 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\".\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/har-nof-terror-attack-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks nex to a bullet hole inside a synagouge where two terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue earlier in the morning, killing five and wounding seven others. (Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton\/Flash 90)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Goldberg, who moved to Israel in 1993, is survived by his wife, six children and grandchildren. His friend from the neighborhood, David Osborne, remembered him as devout and kind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the most wonderful person you could meet, a pillar of the community,&#8221; Osborne told the British Jewish News. &#8220;Avraham prayed there most days for the last 10 years or so. He was a devout Jew with no political agenda. All he wanted was to live a peaceful life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The terrorists in Tuesday&#8217;s attack were identified as cousins Uday and Ghassan Abu Jamal.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Terror%20victims%20mourned%20in%20Jerusalem%20%E2%80%94%20and%20beyond\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[378,8790,8795,8788,1672,140],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19924,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19908\/revisions\/19924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}