Family, friends remember U.S.-born rabbis slain in Israel
- 9 years ago
Dozens gather for an emotional vigil at the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts.
They're there to remember Rabbi Mosheh Twersky... a Boston native killed in the brutal synagogue attack in Jerusalem.
SOUNDBITE: NATY KATZ, FRIEND OF MOSHEH TWERSKY, SAYING:
"I will always remember Mosheh for his modesty, his brilliance, his smile, his kindness."
Five people were killed in the attack when two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and gun burst into the synagogue during Jewish morning prayers.
Three of the victims were American born rabbis.
One was Rabbi Kalman Levine of Kansas City. His brother-in-law says Levine was drawn to Israel early in life.
SOUNDBITE: JONATHAN BEIN, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF KALMAN LEVINE, SAYING:
"As beyond horrific as this is, for Kalman to live and die in the land in Jerusalem, in prayer... that's the way we'd all want it to happen."
Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky, who had lived in Detroit, was the third American bor
They're there to remember Rabbi Mosheh Twersky... a Boston native killed in the brutal synagogue attack in Jerusalem.
SOUNDBITE: NATY KATZ, FRIEND OF MOSHEH TWERSKY, SAYING:
"I will always remember Mosheh for his modesty, his brilliance, his smile, his kindness."
Five people were killed in the attack when two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and gun burst into the synagogue during Jewish morning prayers.
Three of the victims were American born rabbis.
One was Rabbi Kalman Levine of Kansas City. His brother-in-law says Levine was drawn to Israel early in life.
SOUNDBITE: JONATHAN BEIN, BROTHER-IN-LAW OF KALMAN LEVINE, SAYING:
"As beyond horrific as this is, for Kalman to live and die in the land in Jerusalem, in prayer... that's the way we'd all want it to happen."
Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky, who had lived in Detroit, was the third American bor