Family of Canadian teen killed in Jerusalem attack were deeply involved in Jewish life, Edmonton rabbi recalls
The family of Aryeh Schupak, a Canadian-Israeli teenager killed in a terrorist bombing in Jerusalem on Nov. 23, are “quiet, unassuming people,” who became more observant when they moved to Edmonton from the former Soviet Union, said a Chabad rabbi who knew the family in Canada. The family moved to Israel about a dozen years […]
Trauma and resilience are the story of the Jewish people in the face of terror
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַגּוֹמֵל לְחַיָּבִים טוֹבוֹת שֶׁגְּמָלַנִי כָּל טוֹב Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, ha-gomel l’chayavim tovot she-g’malani kol tov. Blessed are You, Lord our God, ruler of the world, who rewards the undeserving with goodness, and who has rewarded me with goodness. When I meet new people and tell them […]
A pair of Canadians talk about being in Israel during yet another time of terror attacks
The murder of two Israeli border police last Sunday by terrorists linked to ISIS became personal for former Toronto resident Adir Krafman. Krafman and his wife moved to Israel just a few months ago from Canada—but he was actually born and raised in Hadera. When two Arab Israelis opened fire there on March 27, Krafman […]
West Bank terrorism victims have family in Montreal
A Montreal family is waiting anxiously for the latest news on the condition of two relatives who were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank on Dec. 9.
Widow of terrorist victim discusses her ordeal
Risa Rotman returned to her home town of Toronto recently, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of her husband’s death.
Three killed in terror attack near Jerusalem
A Border Police officer and two Israeli security guards were killed and another man seriously injured in a terror attack at the entrance to a settlement near Jerusalem.
YOUR DAILY SPIEL FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
Today’s spiel: The U.S. is deporting Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian woman who perpetrated a 1969 supermarket bombing in Jerusalem, Venezuelan Jews are fleeing a country in turmoil and Israeli radio station Galgalatz mistakenly played an Arabic song praising Palestinian martyrs.
Thousands attend funeral of family killed in terrorist attack
Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Chaya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, were buried on Sunday afternoon at the cemetery in the central Israel city of Modiin.
Where I’m at, 1 year after Sarona Market attack
As strange as it might sound, the idea that terror is random is what allowed me to move forward from my trauma in Sarona.
