Son of Late Harvard Professor Killed in Israel Synagogue Attack
Rabbi Moshe Twersky, the son of late Harvard professor Rabbi Isadore Twersky, was killed in an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Twersky, 59, was killed during morning prayers along with two other Americans and a Briton when two Palestinians entered the synagogue carrying meat cleavers and a gun. The attackers were eventually killed in a shootout with police.
Twersky had dual citizenship in the US and Israel and was working in Jerusalem as the dean of an English-speaking religious school.
Rabbi Isadore Twersky, who died in 1997 at the age of 67, was born in Boston, studied at Harvard, and served as a professor at the university for 30 years. He founded and served as director for its Center for Jewish Studies from 1978 until 1993.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli officials, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and US Secretary of State John Kerry have condemned the attack.
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