Authorities have identified the burned body of a New York man found shot to death along a rural eastern Pennsylvania road last month.
Lehigh County officials said the body found Nov. 1 in South Whitehall Township was that of 30-year-old Joshua Rubin A”H of Brooklyn, N.Y. A family member had reported him missing the night before.
Coroner Scott Grim said Wednesday that Rubin was identified through DNA testing. He died of a gunshot wound to the body, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Grim and District Attorney James Martin say Rubin was the proprietor of the Whisk Café in Brooklyn. Police are asking anyone with information about the case to come forward.
(Source: WSJ)
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Boruch Dayan Emes
Dear editor, please put in the end of the article like it is always done. thank you.
#1- wouldn’t it be sarcastic to say “Boruch Dayan Emes” in making note of the death of someone who wasn’t Shomer Shabbos (his business was open on Shabbos).
#1, the reason why YWN, did not write BDE, is becuase the victim was not frum. The same reason why noone cared to comment. The frum only care about themselves. And proof in the pudding is, YWN wont pass this comment
BDE, may his neshamah rest in peace
From what I’ve heard from people that knew him, he came from a religious conservative family and went to a Shechter school in Rhode Island. He either was getting or planning to get the baked goods for this newly opened cafe from Pressers.
#2 I know plenty of so called Shomer Shabbos people who jump thru the loophole of selling their business to a gentile for Shabbos and the business stays open, with the profits lining their pockets. I think it fair to say that only G-D should be the final judge on who was the proper Jew..not others under the excuse that the person wasn’t Shomer Shabbos or frum enough. Correct me if I’m wrong but do others have the right to invalidate an individuals Jewishness.
#5- While we says that HaShem is the true judge when someone dies, we don’t really mean it. Since otherwise we would be saying that we acknowledge that person had been executed for his crimes (by HaShem), and that wouldn’t sound right. It is understood that when a frum person died we don’t really mean – oh good, he got what he deserved. However saying “Boruch Dayan Emes” after someone who ran a business (mentioned in the article) that was open on Shabbos implies that we saying that he was executed for his crimes and justice has been done. AND THAT IS POLITICALLY INCORRECT in the context of our relations with the frei Jews.
#2 – You obviously don’t understand the meaning of Boruch Dayan Emes if you think it’s inappropriate to say for a non-shomer shabbos Jew. He’s a Jew, and keeping Shabbos or not doesn’t change that. You fully validate #3’s comment, unfortunately.
Hu lo yehudi.
Period.
YWN knows this as well.
Grim – appropriate name for a coroner.