The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
Sweat ran down the sides of our faces and necks. There was no shade in which to rest at the Modi’in Cemetery, where Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach soon would be buried side by side.
The bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens had been found the day before – June 30, the last day of school. So instead of celebrating summer vacation and, coincidently, Canada Day, our Toronto-born daughters were with their parents in a cemetery.
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