TIMES OF ISRAEL
Saying Goodbye to Hallel and Irving
by Yishai Fleisher
July 10, 2016

In he last two weeks, I had the painful privilege of attending two major funerals. The first was that of Irving Moskowitz, the wealthy American doctor who, along with his wife, Cherna, became the patron of building in eastern Jerusalem, Hebron, Acre and Ariel, and was involved in countless projects, reclamations, charities and educational institutions….Less than two weeks later, I was standing at the funeral of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a lively 13-year-old girl. Hallel was murdered by a 19-year-old jihadist from the Arab village of Bani Naim. READ MORE