Kill’s with kindness
That cliche won’t buy you a cup of soup on a cold day
or a glass of iced-tea on a hot one
but it doesn’t keep
U S
from saying it over and over again
with any situation that brings us to
the gutters
of what to do
when someone
W R O N G S
US. . .
or does it
Have you ever once
felt threatened for doing an
ACT OF KINDNESS
E V E R ?
Friends and family are paying tribute to Lori Kaye, who was killed Saturday after a gunman opened fire at the Chabad of Poway synagogue north of San Diego, also injuring three others.
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured in the attack, described Kaye, 60, as “the example of kindness to the fullest extent.”
Here’s what to know about Kaye:
Who was Lori Kaye?
Kaye, a San Diego native, is survived by her husband, a doctor, and a 22-year-old daughter, her friend and fellow congregation member Roneet Lev told CNN.
Another friend, Audrey Jacobs, posted a tribute to Kaye on Facebook: “You were always running to do a mitzvah (good deed) and gave tzedaka (charity) to everyone. Your final good deed was taking the bullets for Rabbi Mendel Goldstein to save his life.”
CNN reports that at a Sunday night vigil for Kaye, Rabbi Goldstein — a longtime friend — said Kaye had been a kind and generous member of the congregation, giving the example of how she had accompanied a woman with breast cancer to her doctor appointments. “She went out of her way until the moment that that woman passed away,” the rabbi said.
Why was Kaye in the synagogue?
Kaye was at the service on Saturday — the last day of Passover — to honor her mother, who had recently died, Lev said. Kaye’s husband and daughter were also at the service.
Rabbi Goldstein told reporters the gunman shot Kaye in the lobby of the synagogue, before turning the gun on him and opening fire. The Rabbi lost a finger, but the shooter’s gun “miraculously jammed,” he said. The gunman fled the scene and later surrendered to police.
In the moments after the shooting, Kaye’s husband was called to help a wounded congregant and fainted when he realized it was his wife, Rabbi Goldstein added.
Lori Kaye was taken to a local hospital, but died shortly thereafter.
Who are the rest of the wounded?
Authorities said 8-year-old Noya Dahan and her 34-year-old uncle, Almog Peretz, sustained shrapnel injuries. Both have been released from the hospital.
Dahan was wounded in the face and leg. Her father Israel Dahan told ABC news that his family moved to California after facing rocket attacks in their former home near the Gaza Strip.
Peretz, who was visiting California from Israel, was hit in the leg and helped children escape through a side door, ABC reports.
Who knew that simple
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
would become an actual deadly act?
Does it change things now?
Dare we literally give our lives
to save another
without a moment to decide
what not to do
OR TO DO
in blink-of-the-eye-click-of-trigger quickness. . .
Lori Kaye, who was in the Temple on the last day of Passover to honor the recent death of her mother, just didn’t jump in front of the Rabbi and took bullets meant for him; she jumped into our hearts and began a tsunami that has washed upon shores to ever change the very geography of them; as Caring Catalyst’s we can’t reduce that to a mere ripple, a wave come and gone. . .
or
W E D O
. . .in that sad case
THEY WIN
Lori Kaye, 60, was killed in a shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California on April 27. Audrey JacobsBY CIARA NUGENT 8:22 AM EDT
