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Morris was buried on the Mount of Olives, a cemetery which overlooks Jerusalem s Old City, according to The Times of Israel. (Getty Images)
JERUSALEM A funeral service and ceremony were held for Donny Morris, the Bergen County resident who died during a crush at Israel s Mount Meron, over the weekend. By now, tens of thousands of people have watched his mother, Mirlana Morris, eulogize her son thousands of miles away from her Bergen County home.
Morris, of Bergenfield, stepped to a microphone in Israel over the weekend to share insights about her son, Donny, who is one of 45 people who died during the stampede last week when thousands gathered to celebrate Lag B Omer.
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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.
At least 6 Americans, including 3 teenagers, among victims in Israeli stampede April 30, 2021 8:01 pm A photo of Nachman Doniel Morris, a student who died in the stampede at Mount Meron in Israel on Lag b’Omer, was shared on social media. (Twitter)
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(New York Jewish Week via JTA) Among the 45 people killed in the crush of bodies at a Lag b’Omer celebration in northern Israel were at least six Americans with ties to the New York area.
They included 19-year-old yeshiva students from northern New Jersey and Monsey, New York, as well as a 13-year-old boy who had moved to Israel with his family.
Daniel Morris, 19, of Bergenfield, New Jersey, Shraga Gestetner, 33, of Monsey, New York, Yosef Amram Tauber, 18, of Monsey, and Eliezer Josef, 26, of Kiryas Joel, New York were identified among the dead, according to ABC News.