Jewish Life
“Our hearts and prayers are with his wife—a native New Yorker—his entire family and the Jewish community who is grieving right now,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
“History has shown that those who embrace the Jewish people benefit, and those who persecute the Jewish people ultimately face spectacular defeat,” the president-elect’s son-in-law wrote.
Thousands, including Israeli government ministers, traveled to Kfar Chabad to attend the ceremony.
The suspects, Olimpi Toirovich, 28, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, also 28, and Azizbek Kamlovich, 33, could face the death penalty.
“This was a horrific crime against all those who stand for peace, tolerance and coexistence,” the White House National Security Council said.
The United Arab Emirates “strongly rejects any threat to societal security as Emirati authorities arrest perpetrators in Moldovan citizen’s murder in record time,” it stated.
“The murder of Zvi Kogan, of blessed memory, is a heinous act of antisemitic terrorism. The State of Israel will utilize all available means to bring the perpetrators to justice,” said the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry.
Israeli security officials reportedly said that Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan was followed in his kosher supermarket in Abu Dhabi.
“We wanted people as soon as they walk into the space to see themselves as their future self and imagine that their vulnerability is in the past,” Alex Roth-Kahn, of the UJA, told JNS.
“These attempted arsons at Jewish houses of worship and senior living facilities sent ripples of fear throughout the region,” said the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
“We’re a small community, and when we come to events like this it shows that we are united,” a Texas State University student told JNS.
Rupert Nathan says his remarks were not illegal or antisemitic.
