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Ezra Schwartz

Ezra Schwartz Oct 1, 1997 — Nov 19, 2015 The dice of terror Was cast that day Young Ezra’s life Was taken away He went to Israel For his gap year To study at yeshiva And volunteer During a Mitzvah To feed some soldiers The van was ambushed By Jew hating ogres It mattered not They knew not him Or that his heart flowed With Simchas Hachaim To those you touched You were a young Mensch To all who knew you Your loss is immense Young Ezra Schwartz I’ll never know you For they took you away For being a Jew But what they don’t realize You’re still here with us You’re everywhere you smiled And in everyone you touched

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/10/2018 8:17:00 PM

We are put in the place we are meant to be when we are meant to be there. I think Ezra is smiling down at you, glad that you have honored him in this way. I am SURE of it.

Bill Maceachern
Date: 12/10/2018 9:20:00 PM

Ezra’s death hit me personally, though I didn’t know him. Firstly, he was from my home state of Massachusetts, a town not far from my own. Then there was the fact that he is the spitting image of an old friend who was also Jewish. Lastly, my girl is Jewish. Not that I wouldn’t feel for and be upset over the hater aimed at them for as far back as recorded history says... My girl likes to say I’m more Jewish than herself, I am very fond of the culture, the kibitzing, The Yiddish phrases and all..

Arthur Vaso

Date: 11/15/2018 12:15:00 AM

Nice tribute, so sad to see hate like that.

Bill Maceachern
Date: 11/15/2018 12:58:00 AM

Thank you Arthur, yes it is, it tore me up when I read about it , a week later, I just happened to be dropping off a passenger in Sharon, Ma...Exra’s Hometown, I notice across from my passengers house, cars parked everywhere, I asked my passenger if he knew what was going on...He said..."That’s Ezra Schwartz’s home, the kid killed in Israel, I drove away overwhelmed with grief for the family...