Ezra Schwartz

A memorial poem for young Ezra Schwartz who was ambushed and killed in Israel while there on gap year as a volunteer.

Ezra Schwartz  
Oct 1, 1997 �"  Nov 19, 2015 

The dice of terror 
Was cast that day 
Young Ezra’s life  
Taken away 

He went to Israel 
For gap year 
To study at yeshiva 
And volunteer 

During a Mitzvah 
To feed soldiers 
He was ambushed  
By Jew hating ogres  

It mattered not  
They knew not him 
Or that his heart flowed 
With Simchas Hachaim 

To those you touched
You were a young Mensch 
To all who knew you
This loss is immense

Young Ezra Schwartz  
I’ll never know you 
For they took you away 
For being a Jew

But what they don’t realize
You’re still here with us
You’re everywhere you smiled
And in everyone you touched