Friday At Oz veGaon with Yoram Ettinger and service in memory of Ezra Schwartz hy”d
1) Yoram Ettinger, our former consul in the US and a brave demographer, will be speaking this coming Friday at Oz veGaon at 9:00 am on the topic: Does American pressure hasten or delay sovereignty?
Yoram Ettinger courageously deals with the false data spread by the left who do so in order to bring to the division of the Land of Israel. Yoram proves with real data and real numbers that one should not be afraid of “One State for the People of Israel”.
Furthermore, Yoram Ettinger asks not to be frightened by tense relations with the United States. In the past we have known even more tense periods and only good came of it.
A lecture not to be missed. Lecture is in Hebrew with simultaneous translation to English.
2) Ceremony In Memory of Ezra Yehiel Schwartz, hy”d
Immediately after Yoram’s lecture (at 10:15 am) we will hold a ceremony to mark the end of the shloshim (the thirty days mourning period) for Ezra Yehiel Schwartz, Hy”d, the Jewish youth from Boston who was murdered near Gush Etzion Junction on his way to do volunteer work at the nature preserve.
The ceremony will be attended by Rabbi Gotch Yudin, Rosh Yeshivat Ashreinu, Racheli Frankel and Benzi Thee, friend of Ezra who will accompany the event with music.
Ezra, Hy”d, had come together with his friends to volunteer at the preserve, as they had come every week to touch the ground of the Land of Israel in addition to their Torah study in the Land of Israel as part of the Ashreinu Yeshiva’s wonderful program.
On their way to the preserve, near the Gush Etzion Junction, shots were fired by Arab terrorists at the car in which they were traveling. Ezra, Hy”d, was killed and his 5 friends were lightly injured. This same terror attack took the life of Yaakov Don, Hy”d. Ezra, Hy”d, died as a martyr in the blood-soaked war for the Land of Israel.
Ezra, Hy”d, was a young man who was filled with joy. He loved his fellow man. He loved the Land of Israel, he loved life.
His memory will be forever etched in the pages of heroism of the Jewish People, who fight valiantly each and every generation in order to improve the world and achieve perfection in the Kingdom of Heaven.
All those who cherish his memory are invited to attend.
For transportation
from Jerusalem Renee Margolis: 052-3294194 From Kiryat Arba Hevron Rivka Ryback 054-803-4853
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