Tag: Ofra
Couple who lost baby in shooting say terrorists ‘won’t break us’
A week after Shira Ish-Ran and her husband, Amichai, were wounded in a shooting north of Jerusalem, resulting in the premature birth of their son and his eventual death, the couple vowed not to...
Born too soon, dead too soon
Born too soon. Dead too soon. Laid to rest without having had a minute of peace during his short life. A pure soul, unmarred by sin.
The profound bewilderment caused by savage murder has no...
Israel, counter-terrorism and the future of immortality
In the final analysis, there can never be any greater form of power in world politics than power over death. Paradoxically, this preeminent form of power is almost entirely unrecognized by both scholars and policy-makers. The...
Hundreds attend funeral for premature baby murdered by Arab drive-by shooter
Some 300 mourners huddled under umbrellas in the steadily falling rain at Jerusalem’s ancient Mount of Olives cemetery on Wednesday night to lay to rest the newborn boy whose mother was shot Sunday night...