Obituaries

Obituaries from page 81

FAY ZAMET, 98, of Waterford, died
March 10, 2007. A bookkeeper, she
worked with her husband for over
20 years in the concession business,
Confection Cabinet Corporation.
Mrs. Zamet is survived by
her daughter and son-in-law
Barbara and Herman Goldsmith
of Waterford; son and daughter-
in-law, Neil and Mary Zamet of
Palatine, Ill.; grandchildren, Dana
and Gail Lawrence, Jemmis and
Robert Lawrence Plant, Jeffrey
and Susan Goldsmith, Mindi and
Jack Schryer, Glenn Zamet, Jason
and Christie Zamet, Christopher
and Joey Havelka, Noelle and John
Hotka; great-grandchildren, Noah,
Collin and Robin Lawrence, Sophie
Lawrence, Sarah Plant, Samantha
and Alec Goldsmith, Daniel and Eric
Schryer, Heather and Kyle Zamet,
Hayden Havelka and Hope Zamet;
sister and brother-in-law, Lillian and

Gerry Sartell. She was the beloved
wife for 73 years of the late Michael
"Mickey" Zamet; dear sister of the
late Jack Kurtz, the late Rose Rosen,
the late Ada Gale.
Interment at Beth El Memorial
Park Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to Jewish Women's
International, 2868 Woodbine Drive,
Waterford, MI 48328 or Volunteer
Committee, Detroit Institute of Arts,
5200 Woodward, Detroit, MI 48202.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

Correction

• The obituary for Jerome "Jerry"
Fine March 8 should have indicated
that he was a retired scrap dealer, a
past Jewish War Veterans post com-
mander and that he served in the
Army Signal Corps during World
War II.

Unsettling Times

Erez

Bat Ayin adjusts after
resident's murder.

Amihai Zippor
Jerusalem Post

T

he close-knit Gush Etzion community
of Bat Ayin was shocked when the
body of musician Erez Levanon was
discovered Feb. 25 in a nearby ravine. A pious
and quiet father of three, Levanon, 42, was also
a teacher of Torah and a Bratslaver Chasid who
would often go to the adjacent forest to medi-
tate and pray.
Two Palestinian teenagers from the nearby
village of Safa were arrested the following day
and confessed to stabbing Levanon in a politi-
cally motivated act.
While those who knew him say their faith in
God and Israel remains strong, the incident's
portrayal in the media struck a raw nerve.
"It needs to be understood that Erez was just

Levanon

a person who was killed for going out into the
forest to meditate and commune with God. He
wasn't carrying a weapon and wasn't there to
provoke anyone," says Avi Neuman, a student
at the Bat Ayin Yeshiva, whose student body
mainly consists of North Americans.
"He was there to live a life, and I think it's
important for people to know he was a person,
not a 'settler' killed in some valley 'north of
Hebron' and not a symbol of this or that from
either side. He was a father and a husband, and
people have to remember that"
Bat Ayin is one of the only Jewish commu-
nities in Judea and Samaria without a fence
around it. Although this event has highlighted
the dangers and called into question the secu-
rity arrangements of the community, the policy
is not expected to change.

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