{"id":91932,"date":"2026-03-16T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=91932"},"modified":"2026-03-22T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:58:38","slug":"brother-of-beloved-former-beth-israel-rabbi-uri-topolosky-killed-in-freak-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/brother-of-beloved-former-beth-israel-rabbi-uri-topolosky-killed-in-freak-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother of beloved former Beth Israel Rabbi Uri Topolosky killed in freak accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elik Topolosky, the youngest brother of former Beth Israel Rabbi Uri Topolosky, was killed in a freak accident in Virginia on Thursday morning, March 15, as he drove to work on the busy George Washington Parkway by a tree that fell onto his vehicle..<\/p>\n<p>At 39, the younger Topolosky leaves behind both his parents, hia wife and two very small children, three other brothers (including Rabbi Uri and his wife Dahlia) and their wives and children.<\/p>\n<p>Family members are in shock at the sudden, inexplicable loss. Authorities say such tree falls are rare, but do occur. The last fatal occurence was reported in May of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Services were held on Sunday, March 15, &nbsp;at 11:30 a.m CDT at the chapel at Gan HaZikaron &#8211; Garden of Remembrance Cemetery in Clarksburg, MD. Burial followed immediately after the service.<\/p>\n<p>The family will be observing shiva at 4909 Baltic Ave in Rockville, MD. for the remainder of the week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donations in memory of Elik Topolosky and to support his family, can be made to <a href=\"https:\/\/kehilatpardes.app.neoncrm.com\/forms\/bereavement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kehilat Pardes<\/a>, 13300 Arctic Ave, Rockville, MD.<\/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=\"Brother%20of%20beloved%20former%20Beth%20Israel%20Rabbi%20Uri%20Topolosky%20killed%20in%20freak%20accident\";<\/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":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91932"}],"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=91932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92059,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91932\/revisions\/92059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}