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yeshivah's alumni have
gone on to top posts in
politics and the military.
The yeshivah is iden-
tified with the settler
movement, and a number
of the victims came from
settlements. Funeral
processions continued to
victims' hometowns.

Official Reaction
Israeli Prime Miniser
Ehud Olmert said the
attack was a deliberate
ideological blow to Israel.
"The attacker didn't
An Israeli soldier checks a yeshivah study room
come to Mercaz Harav
after the terrorist attack.
yeshivah by chance. It
was not a place the killer
just happened upon while
looking for would-be vic-
which the murderer of Mercaz HaRav
tims," he told his cabinet in broadcast
belongs. Israeli Muslims benefit finan-
statements Sunday.
cially, economically, medically, educa-
Olmert, a former Jerusalem mayor
tionally from the State of Israel. They
who, after joining the government,
have full citizenship rights. And yet
angered many religious Zionists by
there are a significant number of mal-
arguing that the Gaza Strip and parts
contents, including Knesset members,
of the West Bank should be
for which Israel's continuation is
ceded to the Palestinians,
not appreciated nor desired.
said Israeli national outrage
"But if we cannot satisfy this
at the gun attack transcends
group of Muslim extremists,
politics.
then I really wonder who we
"The yeshivah is a special
expect to please with the peace
place in Jerusalem," he said.
process or what kind of peace
"I know the yeshivah and
would really result.
its students well, and Israel
"I don't have any answers
Rabbi Tolwin
has great appreciation for
for the peace movement or the
it. Regardless of any differ-
Muslim terrorist problem:' Paul
ences of opinion, we are all
Linden said. "I expect we will
part of this pain."
have to learn how to come to terms
The thought of children being killed with terrorism, how to continually
in a yeshivah deeply impacted Rabbi
inspect, guard and protect ourselves
Alon Tolwin, director of executive
and our institutions. There are violent
learning at Aish Detroit in Southfield
people living amongst or beside us
and Huntington Woods.
that do not want us or our civilization,
"My heart is heavy with the agony
and they are not adverse to extreme
of the parents who sent their sons to
acts of violence whatever the conse-
learn the wisdom of the Almighty,
quences. I know that we cannot hide,
Torah, instructions for living, and
run away to some safe place or just
learn that their sons will not return
hope that the problem will go away"
home said Rabbi Tolwin, whose rela-
tionship with the Lindens spans many
Life In Israel
years and includes that of teacher as
"Our ancestors prayed for the restora-
well as having officiated at Paul and
tion of the Jewish people in Israel,"
Edith's wedding.
Paul Linden added. "Our parents suf-
"My mind spins out of control try-
fered the horrors and indignity of the
ing to grasp the implications of an
Holocaust and several of our fellow
Arab who works for a yeshivah, who
Jews gave their lives so that we could
can enter his place of livelihood and,
have a small piece of land called Israel.
in cold blood, cut down so many lives:' It is a great honor and privilege to live
he said.
in Israel, despite the truly minimal
Added Paul Linden: "I am troubled
risks of terrorism and the threat of war.
by the recent outbreak of violence
among some Israeli Muslims, of
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