Itamar, Israel one year after the Fogel Massacre

The heart of a community

03/08/2012 13:15   By JOSH HASTEN

One year later, residents, friends and family of the Fogel family gathered to commemorate their lives

The new Beit Midrash in Itamar dedicated to the Fogels

Leah Goldsmith pulls back the curtains from her living- room window to reveal a breathtaking view. In the distance, just a few kilometers to the north of her home in the Samaria community of Itamar, she points out the twin peaks of Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. She explains that in the Torah, Moses commands the Children of Israel that as soon as they cross the Jordan River into Israel, a special ceremony will be held at the site of these two mountains.

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