Friday 19 September 2014
INDONESIA JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEADER DEAD
The Jews in Indonesia amid mourning. Their leaders, men initials Y, breathed his last yesterday at a hospital in Jakarta.
"He died from heart disease," said his brother, Hendrik, when met merdeka.com overnight at the funeral home, after a prayer in front of corpse lying in a coffin Y-coated glass. "He left a lot of great heritage, Faisal."
I had been long familiar with Y. Because he met a decade ago, I was finally able to get into the network of the Jewish community is so closed due to safety concerns.
Y has several years of suffering from heart disease. A week before she died, I had contacted him. "Faisal I was in the hospital. I was dead."
Y not just anybody. He is the leader of the Jewish community. He also encourages the growth of communities Yahud in Manado City, now led by rabbis Yobby Ensel. He also favored the formation of the organization was named UIJC (Indonesian United Jewish Communities / Jewish Community United Indonesian).
UIJC aims to record back-blooded Jews Indonesia. According to its chairman, Benjamin Verbrugge, they number more than two thousand people. The Jews spread from Aceh to Papua.
Y is also a liaison for each of Israel's humanitarian mission. As a nonprofit institution Israeli Flying Aid to Indonesia to help victims of the earthquake in Yogyakarta in 2006 with operating in a village in Klaten.
As an entrepreneur, Y is also actively involved in politics in Indonesia. Although Jewish, Y so love Indonesia. He was also so concerned with the fate of the people of Papua. "I do not want Indonesian damaged. Indonesian We need to make better, Faisal," he said during a Sabbath celebration a few years ago at his residence.
According to the plan, Y was buried today in accordance with Jewish burial ceremony.
"He died from heart disease," said his brother, Hendrik, when met merdeka.com overnight at the funeral home, after a prayer in front of corpse lying in a coffin Y-coated glass. "He left a lot of great heritage, Faisal."
I had been long familiar with Y. Because he met a decade ago, I was finally able to get into the network of the Jewish community is so closed due to safety concerns.
Y has several years of suffering from heart disease. A week before she died, I had contacted him. "Faisal I was in the hospital. I was dead."
Y not just anybody. He is the leader of the Jewish community. He also encourages the growth of communities Yahud in Manado City, now led by rabbis Yobby Ensel. He also favored the formation of the organization was named UIJC (Indonesian United Jewish Communities / Jewish Community United Indonesian).
UIJC aims to record back-blooded Jews Indonesia. According to its chairman, Benjamin Verbrugge, they number more than two thousand people. The Jews spread from Aceh to Papua.
Y is also a liaison for each of Israel's humanitarian mission. As a nonprofit institution Israeli Flying Aid to Indonesia to help victims of the earthquake in Yogyakarta in 2006 with operating in a village in Klaten.
As an entrepreneur, Y is also actively involved in politics in Indonesia. Although Jewish, Y so love Indonesia. He was also so concerned with the fate of the people of Papua. "I do not want Indonesian damaged. Indonesian We need to make better, Faisal," he said during a Sabbath celebration a few years ago at his residence.
According to the plan, Y was buried today in accordance with Jewish burial ceremony.
Source: Merdeka.com
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