soul

of blessed memory

Terror Victim Ari Fuld, 45, Laid To Rest In Kfar Etzion

a few hours so that one
center in northern Judea
of Fuld’s children, who
when he was approached by
was in the United States,
17-year-old Khalil Yousef Ali
could arrive.
Jabarin. The two engaged
Fuld’s death touched
in a brief interchange, after
many in Detroit’s Jewish
which Fuld turned around
community, some who
and was then stabbed vio-
had studied with Fuld
lently by Jabarin.
while they were in Israel.
Though Fuld was felled
Some posted their
by the blow, he engaged his
thoughts on Facebook:
training as an IDF para-
trooper and as a member
Boris Tuman of Oak
Ari Fuld at the Western
of the local security team
Park:
“I have tried to
Wall, Aug. 16
for his hometown of Efrat,
form coherent words
jumped up, ran after the flee-
about this; I simply can’t.
ing terrorist, leapt over a low cement
Ari Fuld was killed today. He was a
wall and fired his personal firearm
teacher, a role model and a friend. He
at Jabarin. A security guard and an
was someone I wanted to be in many
armed Israeli shopper also fired at the
aspects, as a parent, a man and a dedi-
killer. Fuld collapsed and was taken
cated Jew. He was the epitome of dedi-
to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical
cation, passion, toughness. He never
Center, where he passed away soon
took the easy path when he thought
afterward.
it wasn’t the right path. He put his life
The funeral, attended by several
on the line for others more times than
dignitaries, including U.S. Ambassador
I know. He was larger than life. Baruch
to Israel David Friedman, was delayed
dayan HaEmet.”

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housands of people gathered
at the Kfar Etzion cemetery in
Israel just before midnight Sept.
16 to eulogize and lay to rest Ari Fuld,
a 45-year-old father of four living in
Judea whose fight against the terror-
ist who stabbed him earlier in the day
earned him acclaim throughout the
country as a hero.
“You were a good man. I’m not sure
how to go on without you,” Fuld’s wife,
Miriam, said at the funeral. “You were
always running toward danger instead
of away from it, and you never backed
down from a fight because you knew
you were in the right.
“You fought for what you believed
in,” she added. “You’ve left behind a
legacy for the entire world to savor —
videos and stories that we will be tell-
ing for many years to come.”
Fuld, a well-known Israel advocate
who promoted Jewish life in all of
Israel via social and traditional media,
was waiting for an order of falafel to
be ready at the Gush Etzion shopping

Rena Roetter of Oak Park: “He was a
really great rabbi always bending over
backward to help someone and listen
to someone.”
Fuld held dual U.S. and Israeli citi-
zenship and was a 1991 graduate of
Yeshiva University in New York.
“He was a true hero. Not only in his
death, but all of his life,” eulogized
Fuld’s father, Rabbi Yonah Fuld. “He
was a giant of strength, of passion, of
love for his family. He was a hero to
all.” Fuld’s father noted that the family
had received tens of thousands of mes-
sages of support from people all over
the world, including from staunchly
Muslim countries.
“He gave his life to sanctify God, to
sanctify the land,” said the rabbi. “If
you would have asked him, that’s the
way he would have said he wanted to
go.” •

JNS.org contributed to this report. To contrib-
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SUZANNE ROBINSON
GORDON, died Aug. 21,
2018.
She is remembered
with love, laughter and
for her multitude of
accomplishments. Her
sweetness, gracious-
Gordon
ness, elegance and
loving nature shone through her entire
life.
Her stores, Sue Gordon Bridal Salon
of Birmingham, Mich., and Sue Gordon
of Florida, were, for more than 30 years,
two of the most prominent and influen-
tial haute-couture bridal salons in the
United States.
The family will always remember
her, as she said, “Remember me with

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laughter.”
Mrs. Gordon is survived by her four
children, Jenni Gordon, Kate Rose
(Gordon), Jane (Gordon) Klegman,
Adam D. Gordon; her grandchil-
dren, Emily Gordon, Andrew Gordon,
Sarah Klegman, Rachel (Klegman)
Bartkowiak and her husband, Brandon
Bartkowiak; her beloved son-in-law, Dr.
Steven P. Klegman; daughter-in-law,
Suzanne Sheridan Gordon; beautiful
great-grandsons, Sullivan and Hudson
Bartkowiak.
Mrs. Gordon joined her adoring hus-
band, Harry M. Gordon, who passed
away Oct. 28, 2007.

BARBARA WEISS
GOTTLIEB, 76, of Delray
Beach, Fla., died Sept. 16,
2018.
She is survived by her
brother and sister-in-law,
Ronald and Jodi Weiss of
Bloomfield Hills; niece
Gottlieb
and nephews, Logan and
Kevin Most, Darren Weiss and Todd Weiss;
great-nieces, Oakley and Brighton Most;
many loving cousins and friends.
Mrs. Gottlieb was the devoted daughter
of the late Mildred and the late Lawrence
Weiss.
Interment was at Oakview Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to a charity of
one’s choice. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.