7/05/04  was the third anniversary of the brutal bashing to death of the two Tekoa boys - Yosef Ish-Ran and Koby Mandell.Even if folk here do not remember their names, everyone remembers the story of how the boys were battered to death by Arab terrorists, only a few meters from their homes - while playing hooky from school for a fun picnic. The families have had services to remember their sons. But the most dramatic memorial this year, was an overnight hike from Tekoa to the Dead Sea - with 80 friends from the yeshuv! Today, in the heat of the day, we climbed down to the cave, where the brutal killing took place - just to remember them and to support the families.

But, in particular, I want to write about Rina and Ezra Ish-Ran, the parents of Josef. His murder came at a terrible time for them. Rina lost her job and Ezra had to be treated for recurrent cancer. Many friends helped at the time and now I am writing to all I know to ask for a contribution of $25.00 [100 NIS] [20 UK pounds] for the Memorial book they want to bring out. The printer will not print the book until the Ish-Rans have the money in hand, to guarantee that they will sell so many 100's of copies. Rina has worked so hard on this memorial book for her son, and I do ask as many as possible to either let me have $25 and your name and address - or send direct to Her: Mrs. Rina Ish-Ran,Tekoa 303, 90908, Israel

I should of course point out that the memorial book will be written in Hebrew, and so I would ask that this message should be passed on to as many as possible, who read Hebrew and who might be able to get the news of the book out - and might send $25 to making Rina's dream come true. Thank you all - Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem! Gemma ( Адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. Для просмотра адреса в вашем браузере должен быть включен Javascript. )

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