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U.S. Student Slain
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mid sobs of grief but also fond
memories, Jews from across
the U.S. and Israel paid their
fmal respects to 18-year-old Ezra Schwartz
on Sunday afternoon, three days after the
Sharon, Mass., native was gunned down by
a Palestinian terrorist south of Jerusalem.
For more than two hours at the funeral
in Sharon, Ezra's family and teachers eulo-
gized him as a young man with "boundless
energy" capable of "making friends with
anyon'
From mentoring his siblings to spending
quality time with his grandparents, Ezra
was remembered for earning the respect
and love of all kinds of people — "kids
with little quirks and idiosyncrasies were
his specialty," said his grandfather.
Ezra was one of three people killed
Thursday, Nov. 19, when a Palestinian
man opened fire at vehicles stuck in traffic
outside the Jewish town of Alon Shvut. At
the time, Ezra was spending a gap year at
Yeshivat Ashreinu in Beit Shemesh, Israel.
Ezra and five other friends were in a
van on a mission to deliver food parcels to
Israeli soldiers in the area when the terror-
ist began shooting an Uzi submachine gun.
The attacker, a 36-year-old father of five,
also killed YSakov Don, 51, a teacher from
Alon Shvut, and Shadi Arfah, a 24-year-old
Palestinian from Hebron, before he ran out
of ammunition and was arrested.
Every Thursday, students from Ezds
yeshivah perform acts of chesed (loving-
kindness), in this case, bringing food to
on-duty soldiers.
The fact that Ezra chose a yeshivah
program combining charity service along
with learning did not surprise anyone close
to him, noted his rabbi, Meir Sendor of
Young Israel of Sharon.
On Saturday night, several hundred
people were on hand at Ben Gurion
International Airport outside Tel Aviv to
say goodbye to Ezra before his body was
loaded on to a plane to be flown back to
Massachusetts.
Among the mourners, who prayed and
sang the Israeli national anthem "Hatikva,"
were dozens of his fellow students at
Yeshivat Ashreinu. During the ceremony, a
letter was read from Ezra's father, Ari.
"We have no regrets; he wrote. I am
happy for him because of all the places
he went and all the people he was able
to touch. Some people live long lives but
have unfortunate circumstances that make
life hard. Ezra had a wonderful life, and
he died a happy person and that is more
important than anything else'
Earlier Nov. 19, two Israelis were killed
and at least two others wounded in a stab-
bing attack in Tel Aviv.
Dr. Richard Krugel, president of the
Jewish Community Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit, wrote that ter-
rorist attacks on Nov. 19 "show that the
Palestinians would rather kill Israelis than
return to the negotiating table. These acts
continue the recent weeks of terror, with
dozens of stabbings and car-rammings,
leaving many dead and wounded.
"Today, an American and a Palestinian
were victims along with Israelis. The
Palestinians' refusal to acknowledge Israel's
right to exist as a Jewish state and resume
direct peace negotiations, along with
the anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian
mosques, schools and media, serve only to
perpetuate terror.
"As always, we stand in solidarity with
the people of Israel; Krugel wrote.
Daniel Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador
to Israel, issued a statement of sympathy
on Thursday, the day of Ezds murder.
On Friday afternoon, the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations expressed disappointment
that the Obama administration had not
yet condemned the slaying of an American
citizen. Minutes later, however, John Kirby,
a U.S. State Department spokesman, con-
demned the murder in the "strongest
possible terms."
In Sharon, the leader of the Muslim
community wrote a letter reaching out
to the town's Jews, expressing "great
sadness" in the wake of Ezra's life being
"brutally cut short"
Imam Abdul Rahman Ahmad offered
to "serve as a resource and ally for you
during this trying time" and expressed
hope that "this terrible incident will be
a catalyst for bringing our communities
together, rather than pulling us apart" *