{"id":52633,"date":"2015-12-21T12:58:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=52633"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T17:58:57","slug":"a-message-from-the-parents-of-ezra-schwartz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/a-message-from-the-parents-of-ezra-schwartz\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from the Parents of Ezra Schwartz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52422\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-52633 wp-image-52422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ezra-Schwartz-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra Schwartz z'l\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ezra-Schwartz-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ezra-Schwartz.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ezra Schwartz z&#8217;l<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A message from Ari and Ruth Schwartz, parents of\u00a0Ezra\u00a0Schwartz:<\/p>\n<p>We are deeply grateful for all of the love and support we have received from so many people and organizations, locally and globally.\u00a0 Every thoughtful note, every consoling visit from near and far, sometimes very far, every bus full of students, every one of\u00a0Ezra&#8217;s friends who shared a sweet or funny story about him, every tree planted in Israel, every commitment to memorialize\u00a0Ezrathrough good deeds or learning, everyone who brought food or who helped or who donated in\u00a0Ezra&#8217;s memory, every person who took time from their busy lives, sometimes very busy lives, to offer us condolences, every caring thought and gesture, all of it was meaningful to us and gave us comfort and strength when we needed it most.\u00a0 We can never sufficiently thank all of you, but please know that we appreciated all of it and that you are in our thoughts as we are in yours.<\/p>\n<p>In response to various requests, we have decided to establish a memorial fund at the Jewish Communal Fund that we can use to aggregate some of the various donations being made in\u00a0Ezra&#8217;s memory.\u00a0 We will recommend that any donated funds be granted to a charitable project that will serve as a fitting legacy to\u00a0Ezra&#8217;s life and pursuits, and we have begun the process of identifying what that charity or project will be. For those wishing to donate to\u00a0the\u00a0Ezra\u00a0Schwartz Memorial Fund, you may donate online via credit card at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.jewishcommunalfund.org\/\">https:\/\/secure.jewishcommunalfund.org\/<\/a>\u00a0or by sending a check to the Jewish Communal Fund,\u00a0<u>575 Madison Ave., Suite 703, New York, NY 10022<\/u>, and either way, be sure to indicate in the memo portion of your check or in the online form that the contribution is for the\u00a0Ezra\u00a0Schwartz Memorial Fund.\u00a0 The Jewish Communal Fund is a 501(c)(3) charity, and all donations are tax deductible.\u00a0 If you need additional assistance with making donations to the Fund or if you have any questions, you may visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcfny.org\/choosing-jewish-communal-fund\/ways-to-contribute\/\">https:\/\/www.jcfny.org\/choosing-jewish-communal-fund\/ways-to-contribute\/<\/a>\u00a0or call\u00a0<u>212-752-8277<\/u>\u00a0for assistance.\u00a0 In addition, we continue to encourage gifts to\u00a0the four institutions that we originally identified and that helped to form\u00a0Ezra\u00a0into the beautiful young man that he was.\u00a0 They are:\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.striarhebrew.org\/\">Striar\u00a0Hebrew Academy of Sharon<\/a>, MA, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maimonides.org\/\">The\u00a0Maimonides School<\/a> in Brookline, MA,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashreinu.org.il\/\">Yeshivat Ashreinu<\/a> in Bet Shemesh, Israel and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/campyavneh.org\/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA496zBRDoi5OY3p2xmaUBEiQArLNnKyyn3DjZmaAWEXQFDj9XU4_Oyw5vqTvKnZMfH37TCpQaAmHr8P8HAQ\">Camp Yavneh<\/a> in Northwood, NH.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to peaceful times and sharing happy occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Gratefully, Ari and Ruth Schwartz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from Ari and Ruth Schwartz, parents of\u00a0Ezra\u00a0Schwartz: We are deeply grateful for all of the love and support we have received from so many people and organizations, locally and globally.\u00a0 Every thoughtful note, every consoling visit from near and far, sometimes very far, every bus full of students, every one of\u00a0Ezra&#8217;s friends who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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