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Analysis: Why the Temple Mount is at the heart of Jerusalem strife

Jewish Journal November 19, 2014

The murders of four rabbis on Nov. 18 during morning prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue — a police officer also died of his injuries — could throw a wrench into the results of the Nov.13 summit in Amman that brought together Secretary of State John Kerry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan’s King Abdullah to discuss arrangements for visitors and worshipers on the Temple Mount.

U.S.-born rabbis – slain in Israel – praised

Jeffrey Hensiek November 18, 2014

Family and friends remembered three U.S.-born rabbis slain in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday, praising one as the scion of his Boston family\’s rabbinical dynasty and another as \”one of the kindest souls\” in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

Kalman Levine: Born in Kansas City, transformed in L.A., murdered in Jerusalem

Jared Sichel November 18, 2014

Rabbi Kalman Levine, born Cary Levine in Kansas City, Mo. on June 30, 1959, was murdered Tuesday morning in a terror attack at Kehillat Bnei Torah synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was in the middle of the daily morning prayer service.

A man who in many ways came of age while living in Los Angeles as a young adult, Levine was killed by two young Palestinian men who also murdered three other worshippers and injured at least another 12 in the synagogue.

Palestinians in West Bank show support for attacks against Jews

Jewish Journal November 18, 2014

Responding to Tuesday’s attack in a Jerusalem synagogue that took the lives of four Jews during morning prayers, some Palestinians in the West Bank say they believe it to be a “natural response” to recent events and the fault of the Israeli government.

Obama condemns attack on Jerusalem synagogue

Jewish Journal November 18, 2014

President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the attack by two Palestinians on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four people, including three Americans, and called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to lower tensions and seek peace.

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