The following is via OnlySimchas.com:
Dr David Applebaum and his daughter, Nava HY”D. Today, 13 Elul is their yahrzeit. Murdered by a terrorist, the night before Nava was to marry. ת.נ.צ.ב.ה. A wise man once said “It is amazing how quickly life can change and amazing how quickly we can forget,..if we don’t take time to remember” Let us take some time to remember (or learn about) these beautiful souls who were lost on this day, 13 years ago.
Nava Applebaum was a 20-year-old Israeli-American woman who was murdered together with her father on the evening before her wedding by an Arab suicide bomber.
Journalist Yossi Klein Halevi described the incident as an “epic tragedy”, and wrote: “If a new book of Tanach were ever written about the modern return to Zion, it would have to include the story of the Applebaums.”
Nava Applebaum was the eldest daughter of David and Debra Applebaum, the third of six children.
Her father, David Applebaum, was a prominent ER doctor well known for work on methods for assisting suicide bombing victims.He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to Chicago, Illinois, as a teenager. After getting semicha he attended Northwestern University and graduated with a Masters in Biology. David then attended the University of Toledo Medical Center. He moved to Israel in the early 80′s, and traveled back at times to practice in the USA.
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השם ינקום דמם
He was also the founder and inventor of the all too popular “TEREM” “טרם” emergency room service centers around Israel.
יהי זכרם ברוך
I have never forgotten them.
יהי זכרם ברוך
ת. נ. צ. ב. ה
mordechai cohen
Miriam Adani of The Kever Rachel Fund is running an event at Kever Rachel on their Yahzzeit.
“Journalist Yossi Klein Halevi described the incident as an “epic tragedy”, and wrote: “If a new book of Tanach were ever written about the modern return to Zion, it would have to include the story of the Applebaums.””
While the “tragedy” portion is certainly true, there is, of course, much heresy (and chilul Hashem) in the rest of Mr. Klein’s statement. BiMakom Chilul Hashem…
OY, HaKatan! Give it a rest!!!! Read the sentence one more time. It’s just a statement about history. Breathe in, breathe out.
Let us choose a mitzvah to excel in in memory of these two kedoshim.
CHAVAL AL DE-AVDIN!! TWO BEAUTIFUL SOULS SNUFFED OUT IN THEIR PRIME!!! TEHEI NAFSHOM TZERURO BITZROIR HACHAIM!!!