Hero Rabbi Achiad Ettinger H”Yd, Is Buried
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Issue #95 Linking The Bronx, Westchester & Connecticut March 21, 2019 14 Adar B, 5778 CANDLE LIGHTING March 22 - 15 Adar B, 5778 See ad Parshat Tzav on page Light Candles: 6:51 PM 11 Shabbat Ends: 7:52 PM JEWISH LINK Hero Rabbi Achiad Ettinger H”yd, Is Buried NORPAC Mission to Washington Despite serious injuries and heavy bleeding, the rabbi turned his car around and fi red four Tuesday, May 21, 2019 bullets at the attacker in an attempt to neutralize the threat to innocent bystanders. Anti-Semitism is at a dangerous high. Israel’s critics are becoming bolder and By JNS.org louder; we can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. Come make a difference on NORPAC’s Mission to Washington D.C. Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, H”YD, a 47-year-old father of 12 who was See our ad on page 6 critically injured in a terrorist at- tack near Ariel on Sunday, suc- Genetics cumbed to his wounds on Monday morning and was laid to rest. “The passing of the blessed Rab- 101: bi Achiad Ettinger, who fell with the grace of God at the hands of a EVERYTHING YOUR FAMILY NEEDS TO KNOW... lowly murderer during a terror at- tack in which he revealed daring MARCH 9 AM - 12 PM mental strength and courage while 31 CONG. BNAI YESHURUN 641 W ENGLEWOOD AVE, TEANECK NEW JERSEY shooting at the loathsome terror- SPEAKERS: ist,” the Ettinger family said in a See our ad on page 16 statement. In the statement, the family thanked the team at Beilinson Hos- pital, Magen David Adom paramed- ics, Samaria security personnel and Rabbi Achiad Ettinger, H”yd. CREDIT: CHABAD.ORG/NEWS reunion & open house “all the people of Israel who prayed ON & OPEN HOUSE for his recovery.” injured. He is survived by his wife that situation. He didn’t run away, Similarly, Rabbi Avraham Schil- Sunday, March 24th, 2019 | 3PM - 5PM Lifeplex, 18 College Road, Monsey, NY A resident of the town of Eli in and children, ages 1 to 20. but strove to confront the terror- ler, the rabbi of Eli, called Etting- Samaria, Ettinger—the dean of the “Your father was a hero in his ist. He fired bullets at the murder- Oz V’Emunah yeshivah in the Neve life and a hero in his death,” Israeli er and paid for it with his life.” CONTINUED ON P. 7 Sha’anan neighborhood of South Education Minister Naftali Bennett & Open House tour our facility enjoy ice skating Tel Aviv—is being heralded as a said during a eulogy at Ettinger’s See our ad on page 26 hero by his family for firing at the funeral. “In his death, he didn’t do terrorist even after being severely what most people would have in Stamford’s Rabbi David Hundreds Rally in Albany Israel Leads RZA By Judy Berger for Increased STEM Funding For the past year, Stamford res- By JLBWC Staff ident Rabbi David Israel has served as the executive vice-president of Hundreds of students from Jew- the Religious Zionists of America. ish day schools and yeshivas came The RZA is the US branch of the See our ad on page 22 to the State Capitol recently as part worldwide Mizrachi-HaPoel HaMiz- of the Orthodox Union’s Teach NYS rachi movement. delegation to advocate for increased “I have always described myself and sustainable funding for non- as a Religious Zionist, someone who public school STEM (science, tech- sees the establishment of the State nology, engineering and mathemat- of Israel as part of a divine plan, des- ics) education. Now in its third year, tiny if you will,” said Rabbi Israel. the Teach NYS Albany mission has “The imagery of Shir HaShirim used become the largest annual lobbying by the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Solovei- event in Albany on behalf of non- tchik, to describe the establishment OU Executive VP Allen Fagin (left) and RZA Executive Director Rabbi David public schools and yeshivas. The OU President Moishe Bane. of the State of Israel—God knock- Israel. CREDIT: RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS OF AMERICA students hailed from more than 50 ing on our door and our need to get See our ad on page 30 schools in New York City, Long Is- CONTINUED ON P. 12 ourselves out of bed and answer the CONTINUED ON P. 16 ® NEW YORK | HACKENSACK | LAKEWOOD | MONSEY | CHERRY HILL | PHILADELPHIA The Community is invited to a special Leadership and Education Conference in honor of Yeshivat Har Etzion’s 50th Anniversary and the Stella K. 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Abu Laila’s father and brother were ar- rested in connection with the attack, and Abu Laila was located and killed in a fire- fight with IDF forces in the Arab village of Abwein. Keidan was buried in the military cem- etery of Beersheva on Monday by his par- ents—immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union—and his two older brothers. Jordanian Lawmakers Call for Expelling Israeli Ambassador Over Temple Mount Dispute (JNS) Jordanian lawmakers are calling for expelling the Israeli ambassador in Amman, Amir Weissbrod, in retaliation for “ongoing Benny Gantz Israel aggression” at Jerusalem’s holy sites, (JNS) In the wake of a firestorm of con- including the Temple Mount. troversy resulting from the leak of a record- “The parliament recommended the gov- ing in which Blue and White Party leader ernment recall the Jordanian ambassador Benny Gantz revealed that he would consid- from Israel and expel the Israeli ambassa- er inviting Likud to join a unity government dor from Amman to confront the ongoing if his party wins the upcoming election, Israeli aggression at holy sites in occupied Gantz has retracted, stating that he would Jerusalem,” reported the official Petra news not be willing to form a coalition with Isra- agency. Along with Egypt, Jordan is the only el’s current prime minister. Arab nation to have a peace accord with Is- In a response to the announcement of CONTINUED ON P. 6 an upcoming indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by Attorney Linking The Bronx, Westchester & Connecticut General Avichai Mandelblit, Gantz told a press conference that he would not form a coalition with Netanyahu in light of the ac- cusations that Netanyahu committed acts of JEWISH LINK fraud and breach of trust. TABLE OF CONTENTS However, a recording broadcast by Chan- nel 13 this week appeared to show Gantz telling close confidants that he would con- World Newsbriefs………...Pages 4 & 6 sider such a merger if he won the election. World/Israel News……..……….Page 7 “I chose the words ‘given the circum- stances’ [in the Feb. 28 statement] in order Editorial………………………....Page 8 not to completely close the door [on a co- alition with Likud] and lock it. The door is Publisher’s Perspective closed, but not locked,” he said. Gantz attempted to defend the state- By Moshe Kinderlehrer………..Page 8 ments the next morning, saying they were made “before the full details of the severe Op-Ed charges against Netanyahu were revealed, By Jonathan Tobin………...…..Page 9 and definitely before it turned out he re- ceived NIS 16 million in a round-trip trade Community News.....Starting on Pg 10 on the submarines and lied to the public on serious security matters.” Community Newsbriefs….…..Page 10 “I am saying, not in an anonymous re- Stamford Community News....Page 16 cording but openly and in my voice: I won’t sit with Netanyahu in the government!” he Divrei Torah declared. By Rabbi David Walk..……….Page 18 Medical Condition Improves for IDF Soldier Injured in By Rabbi Gidon Rothstein…...Page 18 Deadly Ariel Attack Reflections From the (JNS) Alexander Dvorsky, the Israel De- fense Forces’ soldier who was critically in- Schoolhouse jured in a fatal terror attack outside the city of Ariel in Samaria on Sunday, showed sig- By Ingrid Hauptman………….Page 19 nificant improvement as of Tuesday morn- News From Israel…………….Page 20 ing, and is considered to be out of immedi- ate danger.