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Doron Maharata, killed in Thursday's terrorist attack in Jerusalem. (Haaretz Service)
Last update - 04:15 08/03/2008
Yeshiva head: J'lem shooting is continuation of 1929 massacre
By Yigal Hai, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Mercaz Harav, Jerusalem 

In his eulogy to the eight students gunned down Thursday in a shooting attack at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, the religious school's head rabbi Ya'akov Shapira declared the attack "a continuation of the 1929 massacre" of the Jewish community in Hebron. He said the gunman had targeted "everyone living in the holy city of Jerusalem."

The eight victims were buried Friday afternoon, each with Torah scrolls stained with their blood, in accordance with the Halakhic decision ruled by former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu.

Earlier Friday, thousands gathered outside the bullet-scarred Mercaz Harav yeshiva to begin funeral processions for the eight students, who were killed by the gunman from East Jerusalem when he burst into the library were they were studying and opened fire.
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In his eulogy before the procession, Rabbi Shapira also criticized the government over its willingness to cede territories to the Palestinians.

"The time has come for all of us to understand that an external struggle is raging, and an internal struggle, and everyone believes the hour has come ... for us to have a good leadership, a stronger leadership, a more believing leadership," said Shapira, weeping.

"The murderer did not want to kill these people in particular, but everyone living in the holy city of Jerusalem," he said. "The murderers are the Amalek of our day, coming to remind us that Amalek has not disappeared, just changed its appearance."

A rabbi recited psalms line by line, the crowd repeating after him, in memory of the dead students, one of them 26 years old and the rest teenagers between ages 15 and 19. One of the dead was American student Avraham David Moses, aged 16.

People packed nearby balconies to observe the ceremony, after which the bodies were taken for burial.

The procession left the yeshiva at 10 A.M. and continued on to the victims' communities across the country for burial.

Hundreds of mourners, among them family, friends, and public figures, paid their final respects to Doron Maharata, the oldest of those killed Thursday. Maharata, 26, is survived by his parents and six siblings.

Maharata's family immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia as part of Operation Moses when he was eight years old. Upon their arrival, the Maharatas made their home in Kfar Hitim before moving to Ashdod.

Maharata was matriculated in the religious elementary school in Ashdod, and continued his studies at the Bnei Akiva Kfar Haroeh yeshiva. At age 17, he enrolled in the Mercaz Harav as part of the "Hesder Mercaz" track, in which students perform nine months of army service.

After six years in the yeshiva, Maharata enlisted into the Armored Corps, even reporting for reserve duty during the Second Lebanon War. In recent months, he began his rabbinical studies while also taking some exams administered by the Chief Rabbinate.

"Doron was a very smart, honest person," a fellow yeshiva student, Yishai Rotem, said. "I'll remember his joie de vivre and his excitement from anything that was new. He was a cordial man who always wanted to help. He also mentored at a small center for Ethiopian immigrant children, took them on trips and taught them their first steps in Israel."

Among those who eulogized Maharata were Minister Yitzhak Cohen and MKs Shlomo Molla and Zvi Hendel.

"Doron's life is a flag and a symbol for all of us," said Ashdod Mayor Zvi Zilker, who also spoke at the funeral. "He lived for the land, and we say thanks to him for his contributions to the state."

Nine other people were wounded in the attack, including three listed in serious condition.

The head of the Zaka emergency service described the scene after the shooting as "like a slaughterhouse."

The other victims were named as Yochai Lipschitz, 18, of Jerusalem; Yonatan Yitzchak Eldar, 16, of Shiloh; Yonadav Chaim Hirschfeld, 19, of Kochav Hashahar; Neriah Cohen, 15, of Jerusalem; Roey Roth, 18, of Elkana; and Segev Pniel Avihayil, 15, of Neveh Daniel.

The yeshiva, which enrolls close to 1,000 students, is widely recognized as the flagship institution of the Religious Zionist movement. The yeshiva was headed for many years by Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Hacohen Kook, the son of the noted rabbinic scholar Avraham Hacohen Kook.

The Jerusalem Police increased its forces in the city in the wake of the attack. On Friday, only Muslim men over the age of 45 with a valid blue identity card will be allowed to enter the Temple Mount for prayers. Female worshippers will not be limited from entering.

The seminary shooting was the first major attack by Palestinian terrorists in Jerusalem since a suicide bomber killed eight people on February 22, 2004.

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      1.   My condolences to the bereaved families 09:53  |  Sara 07/03/08
      2.   victims 10:16  |  colin 07/03/08
      3.   Children 10:16  |  Shlomo 07/03/08
      4.   Security needed. 11:17  |  Johnny Weintraub 07/03/08
      5.   More for lackwit 11:26  |  ChanahS 07/03/08
      6.   Sadness 11:33  |  Pu 07/03/08
      7.   TRANSFER these people back to where they came from...... 11:57  |  Dolly 07/03/08
      8.   Palestinian killed innocent students 12:03  |  Nechama 07/03/08
      9.   may you rest in peace in Zion 12:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/03/08
      10.   Dolly get your facts straight 13:00  |  Ali Zakariya 07/03/08
      11.   Killing of student 13:19  |  jojo 07/03/08
      12.   Militant or Terrorist 13:25  |  Jimmy 07/03/08
      13.   # 14: Keep your eyes and teeth 13:28  |  Danny 07/03/08
      14.   in response to lakhshmi`s details 13:43  |  shlomi 07/03/08
      15.   To Haaretz 14:00  |  Witness 07/03/08
      16.   "Pain" 14:00  |  Nerys 07/03/08
      17.   Why? 14:14  |  sandra chitayat 07/03/08
      18.   Colin 14:14  |  Gabriel 07/03/08
      19.   Witness and what do you call the killing of Palestinians? 14:27  |  Ali Zakariya 07/03/08
      20.   To Dawood - Only One Victim 14:40  |  David Gesundheit 07/03/08
      21.   May they hear from Israel soon.... 14:43  |  Robert 07/03/08
      22.   WHERE IS OLMERT`S CONDEMNATION????????????????? 14:49  |  Yehuda 07/03/08
      23.   Lakshmi 14:49  |  Bill 07/03/08
      24.   Now there are two Cains, but no Abel 14:50  |  Douglas Evans 07/03/08
      25.   Abou Nada 14:54  |  Bill 07/03/08
      26.   It is because Shas is still in the coalition! 14:54  |  redmike 07/03/08
      27.   Intentions 14:59  |  Anonymous 07/03/08
      28.   To Abou Nada # 14 - Are YOU forgetting.... 15:02  |  Dagma 07/03/08
      29.   to witness 15:04  |  whatever 07/03/08
      30.   Yeshiva Attack 15:12  |  Stanley Beckler 07/03/08
      31.   Dolly: Only Refugees are from Europe and Russia 15:15  |  Tupac 07/03/08
      32.   to Nechama 15:16  |  whatever 07/03/08
      33.   A massacre of Jewish children 15:18  |  Abraham Shapiro 07/03/08
      34.   #4; lakshmi. Gee! It`s from from a trusted Pal source 15:19  |  Doc Holliday 07/03/08
      35.   True martyrs 15:20  |  David Friedmann 07/03/08
      36.   Abou Nada et al 15:20  |  Avrum 07/03/08
      37.   May the Families of These Boys 15:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/03/08
      38.   they are not students 15:25  |  Thomas 07/03/08
      39.   Condolences 15:26  |  Joaquín 07/03/08
      40.   NO CONDMNATION FROM olmert. ONLY FROM WORLD GENTILES 15:28  |  Chris 07/03/08
      41.   Collective punishment 15:31  |  Derrick Watson 07/03/08
      42.   Just imagine... 15:33  |  Peter Sleight 07/03/08
      43.   You shouldn`t speak in the name of G.... 15:33  |  Richard 07/03/08
      44.   ... 15:35  |  Richard 07/03/08
      45.   jojo,your wrong,what israel did and what this terrorist did are 2 15:41  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      46.   Pre-meditated cold blooded mass murder 15:45  |  Dennis P. Holby 07/03/08
      47.   Massacred 15:47  |  Simon Turner 07/03/08
      48.   Atrocity Nazi style 15:50  |  Christoph Benning 07/03/08
      49.   Bloodbath in house of prayer 15:52  |  Denise Walker 07/03/08
      50.   Slaughter house 15:53  |  Kevin Lambert 07/03/08
      51.   Condolences to the families 15:59  |  Jossi & Esther éiris 07/03/08
      52.   yeswhiva 16:05  |  abdalla hamid 07/03/08
      53.   #44 16:12  |  Richard 07/03/08
      54.   jojo # 17 - Response 16:17  |  Jack Finch 07/03/08
      55.   a more believing leadership 16:19  |  Erin Corrigan 07/03/08
      56.   Peace for You Sons in Zion 16:20  |  Yochanan G. Pernisa 07/03/08
      57.   Yeshiva Eulogy 16:22  |  Nelson Robison 07/03/08
      58.   What of the daily massacre in Gaza? 16:25  |  Uncle Sammy 07/03/08
      59.   #27 - Whatever - Answer to your question 16:26  |  Dexter 07/03/08
      60.   #4 - lakshmi 16:30  |  MichaelF 07/03/08
      61.   #10 - lakshmi 16:32  |  MichaelF 07/03/08
      62.   Yom Kippur war 16:32  |  Ari 07/03/08
      63.   #33 - Thomas 16:35  |  MichaelF 07/03/08
      64.   Lakshimi #4 16:41  |  Elias 07/03/08
      65.   120 GAZANS KILLED, NOTHING. 8 JEWS KILLED, NOISE BY ISRAEL & WEST 16:42  |  JACKAL 07/03/08
      66.   Get Rid Off Erev Rav Olmert And Gangs . 16:43  |  Joseph . E 07/03/08
      67.   do you need it spelt out arabs are homicidial maniacs 16:44  |  v hardman 07/03/08
      68.   killing innocents 16:46  |  Dik 07/03/08
      69.   #40, Arab. are you sick? He committed crime against humanity 16:50  |  David 07/03/08
      70.   People who trusted him 16:53  |  Joseph 07/03/08
      71.   Gaza celebration 16:56  |  Harold 07/03/08
      72.   Re:They are not students 17:04  |  Mike 07/03/08
      73.   International opression 17:07  |  wegre34tg45tg 07/03/08
      74.   Palestinian # 40 17:13  |  Avrum 07/03/08
      75.   Condolances. 17:15  |  Neal 07/03/08
      76.   Re #40, no excuse for mass murder 17:16  |  Michael 07/03/08
      77.   #45 Bloodbath... 17:24  |  Lou Medel 07/03/08
      78.   Yes, it is a continuation 17:29  |  Harold 07/03/08
      79.   Condolences 17:35  |  John Bull Capistrano 07/03/08
      80.   #24, Tupac, there are almost 1 million jewish refugees from arab 17:36  |  David 07/03/08
      81.   Thomas 17:46  |  Connie 07/03/08
      82.   Massacre? 17:49  |  Harold 07/03/08
      83.   Doubting Thomas 17:52  |  Michael 07/03/08
      84.   Facts 17:55  |  Chris 07/03/08
      85.   Harold # 49 18:03  |  Avrum 07/03/08
      86.   Condolences 18:06  |  KUTW 07/03/08
      87.   What goes around comes around 18:08  |  JJ 07/03/08
      88.   With This Attack Olmert Needs Ro Resign For Failed Policys 18:09  |  Dish It Out 07/03/08
      89.   The Un-united nations... 18:11  |  Peter Hein 07/03/08
      90.   LOL... No. It`s not a continuation of 1929. 18:11  |  POP 07/03/08
      91.   #24 Yaakov I did not expect that from you 18:20  |  Robert/Montreal 07/03/08
      92.   This Shows Olmerts Government can`t protect Israeli`s 18:20  |  Kipperraes 07/03/08
      93.   Jerusalem attack 18:22  |  Cynthia 07/03/08
      94.   jaakof,its your provocations that cause this kind of crap 18:25  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      95.   Islamists in Gaza celebrate mass murder 18:29  |  Catherine 07/03/08
      96.   Psalm 35.1-9 18:29  |  American Christian 07/03/08
      97.   #25 Thomas, if he was not shot dead how many more victims 18:30  |  Robert/Montreal 07/03/08
      98.   Stop talking down our victimhood! 18:36  |  Chanalau, Tova 07/03/08
      99.   Derrick Watson 18:38  |  Stanley 07/03/08
      100.   pop goes the idiot again #74 how about a little reverence 18:43  |  Robert/Montreal 07/03/08
      101.   Avrum # 69 18:44  |  Harold 07/03/08
      102.   yes JJ,what comes around goes around so don`t whine when its the 18:45  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      103.   # 73 damn right peter,i agree whole heartedly 18:49  |  terrornator 07/03/08
      104.   #72 - POP 18:55  |  MichaelF 07/03/08
      105.   #28 18:55  |  sam i am 07/03/08
      106.   haaretz report disagrees with Avrum 19:02  |  hollingsworth 07/03/08
      107.   all you dispora zionist ran away from the stolen land 19:03  |  its true 07/03/08
      108.   Peter Sleight 19:04  |  Angel 07/03/08
      109.   Why won`t the religious force Shas to leave Gov`t 19:11  |  Techsyn 07/03/08
      110.   nice little curse there American Christian! ever read the 19:12  |  new testement? 07/03/08
      111.   POP keeps on laughing! 19:18  |  DR 07/03/08
      112.   Trying to understand 19:19  |  hollingsworth 07/03/08
      113.   HOW MANY HAVE TO DIE BECUASE OF OLMERTS FAILED POLICYS 19:21  |  THE WARRIOR 07/03/08
      114.   Addendum to #13 19:33  |  Yermiyahu 07/03/08
      115.   typicalof pal terrorists 19:35  |  Adrian de Klerk 07/03/08
      116.   massacre 19:36  |  Galvin Templar 07/03/08
      117.   outbreak of insanity in Israel 19:55  |  mark 07/03/08
      118.   It was Israel that LEGALISED the tragetting of civilians... 20:03  |  Arthur 07/03/08
      119.   Israel Has Lost It`s Nerve 20:05  |  Dave Levy 07/03/08
      120.   Yes, Comparison to 1929, but not this way. 20:06  |  Dovy 07/03/08
      121.   To zionists who addressed me(and others) 20:07  |  lakshmi 07/03/08
      122.   I so sorry this massacar happen 20:14  |  Hakeem 07/03/08
      123.   If this looks like a Slaughterhouse... 20:18  |  Aaron 07/03/08
      124.   You can`t eradicate terrorism when you are the root cause of it 20:32  |  Bruce 07/03/08
      125.   moral equivalence 20:35  |  Warren 07/03/08
      126.   When will lakshmi me honour killed? 20:49  |  Roger Imhskal 07/03/08
      127.   lakshmi 20:49  |  alan 07/03/08
      128.   Bruce# 98 20:50  |  moses 07/03/08
      129.   Confused Nation 20:55  |  yulnevabelong 07/03/08
      130.   Stop This Now! 21:18  |  Mikhail 07/03/08
      131.   It is the continuation of the killing of Palestinians 21:23  |  Javad 07/03/08
      132.   Israel will never bow to terrorists - be strong 21:46  |  Michael 07/03/08
      133.   With you in your sorrow 21:54  |  Roberto Feldmann 07/03/08
      134.   You better post this (Thank you Harold) 22:00  |  Palestinian 07/03/08
      135.   104 alan,yes simply put,too simply put!it`s okay for israel to go 22:01  |  lakshmi 07/03/08
      136.   massacre in J`lem 22:05  |  Clod 07/03/08
      137.   American Christian co-opts Ps. 35 22:06  |  hollingsworth 07/03/08
      138.   Terrorist attack at racist-brainwashing institute 22:07  |  anti-racist 07/03/08
      139.   This Shabbos G-D is crying and me too 22:39  |  AliciaYasmeen 07/03/08
      140.   children?civilians? 23:02  |  Leila 07/03/08
      141.   Bruce #101 23:03  |  Gee 07/03/08
      142.   #65 - nice one ! 23:20  |  Sam 07/03/08
      143.   Jews in America send our collective condolences 23:24  |  J Kravitz 07/03/08
      144.   moses, joshau, and other priests knew how 23:36  |  bozhidar balkas 07/03/08
      145.   Lakshmi 98 00:46  |  ChanahS 08/03/08
      146.   Ali Zakariya #10 - Brits and Turks disagree with you 01:06  |  William 08/03/08
      147.   Thomas#24 - being armed does not negate civilian status 01:09  |  William 08/03/08
      148.   Lakshmi#104 - and other racist Muslims out there 01:16  |  William 08/03/08
      149.   Dovy#97 - an idiot comparison 01:19  |  William 08/03/08
      150.   Arthur#95 - and it was the Arabs who 01:32  |  William 08/03/08
      151.   Collective Punishment of Jews 01:38  |  MaryRose 08/03/08
      152.   Bruce you are right 01:51  |  Uncle Sammy 08/03/08
      153.   GET YOUR FACTS CORRECT YOYO 02:57  |  HH 08/03/08
      154.   #10 Ali Zakariya - I think U should read the folowing 03:16  |  * BEN JABO 08/03/08
      155.   #48 Jackal 03:18  |  * BEN JABO 08/03/08
      156.   Horrible Hideous crime 03:35  |  Khalil 08/03/08
      157.   Rabbi Ya`akov Shapira also called for a "spiritual revolution" 04:16  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/03/08
      158.   For Israel it is as if 400 were killed in an Arab country 04:18  |  Genuine Tosefta 08/03/08
      159.   Clarification for Thomas the Swede 04:45  |  Free Gilad Shalit 08/03/08
      160.   Typical of pal terrorists @ lakshmi 04:49  |  Adrian de klerk 08/03/08
      161.   To Hakeem 04:56  |  Free Gilad Shalit 08/03/08
      162.   Note: The students were not armed !! 05:00  |  Free Gilad Shalit 08/03/08
      163.   Khalil - Beirut, Lebanon 05:05  |  Free Gilad Shalit 08/03/08
      164.   america stands with israel 05:31  |  Dr 08/03/08
      165.   I am sorry 05:47  |  American Muslim 08/03/08
      166.   #7 Dolly 05:59  |  Malena 08/03/08
      167.   A life is a life? 06:25  |  Niva dos santos 08/03/08
      168.   jerusalem massacre 07:38  |  Dr.Miles Kletter 08/03/08
      169.   We should fight with the will to defeat the enemy. 08:18  |  Jean Van Daem 08/03/08
      170.   #35 Denise Walker`s call for vengeance 08:22  |  hala 08/03/08
      171.   An awful tragedy 08:23  |  Mark 08/03/08
      172.   What about Gaza 08:26  |  Khalid 08/03/08
      173.   they are soldiers, not students as this picture shows 09:50  |  American 08/03/08
      174.   #98 - Lakshmi, you are WRONG! 10:19  |  JES 08/03/08
      175.   To Ali Zakaria # 10 - Right and Wrong....a bit of History 11:10  |  Dolly 08/03/08
      176.   To Tupac # 25 - Only Refugees from Europe and Russia 12:55  |  Dolly 08/03/08
      177.   "don`t cry argentina" 13:06  |  south african 08/03/08
      178.   #3, Shlomo - They killed four children 13:08  |  Anton 08/03/08
      179.   Thank you for the comment # 124 13:59  |  Lebanese 08/03/08
      180.   its a normal response to you zionist 14:02  |  everyone should 08/03/08
      181.   178 Anton,thanks! and zionists who addressed me 14:07  |  lakshmi 08/03/08
      182.   Eithopian 14:19  |  ODD 08/03/08
      183.   To South African # 177 - And so the world is watching - Good 14:24  |  Dagma 08/03/08
      184.   #65; JACKAL, So what`s the problem? 14:27  |  Doc Holliday 08/03/08
      185.   #181 - Again Lakshmi 14:35  |  JES 08/03/08
      186.   thank you 124 comment 14:51  |  nermin 08/03/08
      187.   live in israel - then critisize ... 15:08  |  channah 08/03/08
      188.   Justice and forgiveness 15:36  |  Marcello 08/03/08
      189.   G-d is the Baron of War 16:20  |  Nephtaly 08/03/08
      190.   G-ds Word 16:20  |  Nephtaly 08/03/08
      191.   G-ds Word 2 16:21  |  Nephtaly 08/03/08
      192.   G-ds Word 4 16:23  |  Nephtaly 08/03/08
      193.   G-ds Word 5 16:24  |  Nephtaly 08/03/08
      194.   J`lem is continution of february 2008 massacre 17:15  |  Michel 08/03/08
      195.   School Shooting? how American! 17:24  |  Shabbat shalom 08/03/08
      196.   school shooting 17:38  |  nudnik 08/03/08
      197.   American 173 - No they were students !!! 17:44  |  Free Gilad Shalit 08/03/08
      198.   ASSlam`s puppet started it since its foundation!! 17:50  |  Cristo 08/03/08
      199.   135 lakshmi 18:19  |  alan 08/03/08
      200.   Nephtaly who? I don`t know you 19:41  |  Gawd 08/03/08
      201.   #72 Mike they just don`[t like it 19:44  |  MaryRose 08/03/08
      202.   #148 But William.... 20:10  |  MaryRose 08/03/08
      203.   south african (177) 20:29  |  Rory 08/03/08
      204.   Jerusalem Massacre 20:32  |  Daniel 08/03/08
      205.   #173 So, any idiot w/ a grudge and a gun 20:43  |  MaryRose 08/03/08
      206.   Khalid#172 - what about civilians? 21:02  |  William 08/03/08
      207.   Dolly#176 - response to Tupac on refugees 21:06  |  William 08/03/08
      208.   To William # 197 = In respomse...... 21:51  |  Dolly 08/03/08
      209.   To MaryRose # 205 - "What a plague..... 22:06  |  Dolly 08/03/08
      210.   OLMERT speaks at last - b ut who cares....? 22:34  |  Dagma 08/03/08
      211.   #176 Dolly to Tupac re "Wandering Jews" 00:15  |  hala 09/03/08
      212.   #208 Gloating William to Dolly re Tupac 00:31  |  hala 09/03/08
      213.   Justice 02:41  |  Mike 09/03/08
      214.   Jerusalem, March, 2008 07:00  |  Michael Kerjman 09/03/08
      215.   To Michael Kerjman # 214 - NOTHING will help 08:14  |  Dagma 09/03/08
      216.   J`lem shooting is continuation of 1929 massacre 11:36  |  amg 09/03/08
      217.   Mercaz Harav yeshiva turns innocent children into Settler-Jugend 13:51  |  John 09/03/08
      218.   #173 American (ye gads, not another one) 17:00  |  * BEN JABO 09/03/08
      219.   Massacre of the Palestinians continue 20:12  |  betz55 13/03/08
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