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A funeral held Sunday for Donny Morris, the 18-year-old Bergenfield man killed during a deadly religious event in Israel, drew tens of thousands of viewers still reeling from the Middle Eastern tragedy last week.
In a nighttime ceremony live-streamed from Israel, speakers paid homage to Morris in a mix of Hebrew and English, remembering the Bergenfield teen as an angelic, pure soul who dedicated his last days to studying his faith abroad. A sea of students, rabbis and other holy leaders were seen gathered before the Yeshivat Shaalvim, the Jewish boys school in Israel where Morris spent his final months.
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A photo of Nachman Doniel Morris, a student who died in the stampede at Mount Meron in Israel on Lag bâOmer, was shared on social media. (Twitter via JTA)
Donny Morris, the nephew of Rabbi Yechiel Morris of Young Israel of Southfield, was among those lost in the tragedy.
The Detroit Jewish community gathered over Zoom Sunday night to mourn the loss of 45 lives at Mount Meron on Lag bâOmer, April 29. At least 150 were injured in the tragedy.Â
Representatives of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and clergy from many streams of Judaism remembered the victims and shared their collective grief with the people of Israel through prayer and community.Â
Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’
Mirlana Morris to her son, Donny: ‘You touched so many lives with your kindness’
The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online.
(May 3, 2021 / JNS) With a cracking voice and tears in her eyes, Donny Morris’s mother, Mirlana Morris, eulogized her son. “I have so many questions,” she said through sobs, “but little to no answers.”
“But what I do know for sure is you were loved by so many,” she said. “The impact you have had on hundreds of people is remarkable. Daddy and I couldn’t be prouder to call you our son.”