Lori Gilbert-Kaye wouldn’t get much attention from the anti-Semitic media. She probably would have prefered it be that way. But Lori Gilbert-Kaye, along with the one border patrol agent who shot the terrorist shooter and prevented would could have been a lot worse. Lori Gilbert Kaye is the woman who died yesterday at the Chabad synagogue of Poway after she took a bullet for her rabbi. I don’t know Ms. Gilbert-Kaye’s political affiliation, nor do I really even care. She was a hero in the face of hate yesterday and paid with her own life.
| Lori Gilbert-Kaye – victim of Chabad of Poway hero took bullet for rabbi |
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Today an anti-Semitic hate crime shot and killed my friend Lori Gilbert Kaye z”l while she was praying in synagogue. Lori you were a jewel of our community a true Eshet Chayil, a Woman of Valor. You were always running to do a mitzvah (good deed) and generously gave tzedaka (charity) to everyone. Your final good deed was jumping in front of Rabbi Mendel Goldstein to take the bullet and save his life.
Your life was defined by your good deeds. Lori leaves behind a devastated husband and 22-year-old daughter. When I heard the horrific news, Lori I called your best friend Dr. Roneet Lev Lee who is at the hospital with the other victims. Friends, if you had not heard, please note and share this widely – Today at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue on Shabbat and the last day of the Passover holiday, 19-year-old John Earnest stormed in and said ‘F*ck the Jews’ and opened fire with an AR-type assault weapon during the Rabbi’s sermon.
The hateful murderer had written and posted online a manifesto with anti-Semitic screeds and talked about planning the attack! He shot and killed Lori Kaye z”l who took the bullets for the Rabbi. Tragically the Rabbi was still shot in the hand and he STILL kept giving the sermon telling everyone to stay strong.
Lori Gilbert-Kaye was only 61 years old.