CYIR: Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel
March 7, 2008/ 30 Adar I 5768

www.youngisraelrabbis.org.il

BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET

We record with profound sorrow the loss of 8 Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav students HY”D who were brutally murdered last night:

  • Yohai Lifshitz, 18, Jerusalem
  • Yehonatan Yitzhak Alder, 16, Shilo
  • Yonadav Haim Hirshfeld, 19, Kochav Hashahar - GRANDSON OF RABBI AHARON BATT, CYIR MEMBER
  • Neria Cohen, 15, Jerusalem
  • Roy Rot, 18, Elkana
  • Segev Peniel Avihail, 15, Neveh Daniel
  • Avraham David Mozes, 16, Efrat
  • Maharta Tronoh, 26, Ashdod

Yehi Zichram Baruch.

We also note the tragic passing of Rabbi Zev Segal in New Jersey. Funeral is scheduled for Friday in the US; Kevurah to be held in Israel on Sunday. For more information, please call the CYIR office on Sunday: 02.625.4983

She’Nishma Besorot Tovot.


Rabbi Aaron S. Tirschwell
Chief Program and Development Officer

CYIR: Council of Young Israel Rabbis in Israel
Rabbi Simcha Krauss - President
Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, Rabbi Meyer Fendel - Vice Presidents;
Rabbi Yisrael Fass - Treasurer

Rabbi Michael K. Strick - Executive Director;
Rabbi Aaron S. Tirschwell
- Chief Program & Development Officer; Director, The Eye Squad;

Rabbi Chanoch Yeres - Director, Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf and Hearing Impaired;

Dr. Lorell Blass
- Director, CYIR Counseling Center;

Rachel Levmore - Coordinator, Prenuptial & Get-Refusal Prevention Projects;
Adina Bloomberg - Program Coordinator, The Eye Squad;
Iris Royi - Program Coordinator, Judaic Heritage Program for Israel's Deaf & Hearing Impaired;
Assya Sandler - Counselor, Russian Immigrants, CYIR Counseling Center;
Susan Taragin - Executive Secretary

Israel: Heichal Shlomo, 58 King George Street, Suite 109, Jerusalem 94262 ISRAEL
Tel: 02-625-4983 Fax: 02-623-0275 Email: info@youngisraelrabbis.org.il
Web: www.youngisraelrabbis.org.il

USA: Young Israel Programs - CYIR, 111 John Street, Suite 450, New York, New York 10038
Tel: 212-929-1525 Fax: 212-727-9526