Catching up on some sad news from the Nice terrorist attack on 14 July 2016: the Times of Israel reports on the death of one Jewish woman, while her sister is still critical and has had to have both her legs amputated. They, like most French Jews, are of North African origin.
Raymonde Maman
A Jewish woman who was badly injured in Nice
on Thursday night when an armed truck driver plowed into a crowd has
reportedly died of her injuries.
Raymonde
Maman, 77, and her sister Clara Bensimon, 80, were located in a local
hospital on Friday afternoon, where they are both on respirators in
critical condition, the Ynet news site reported.
Maman succumbed to her injuries on Sunday, according to reports in the ultra-Orthodox media outlets Hamodia and Kikar HaShabat.
“She was a wonderful woman, dedicated to her
family,” acquaintances of the family told Kikar HaShabat. “The entire
community is in shock. At first they couldn’t find the sisters but after
searching far and wide, they located them in serious condition in the
hospital. Who would have believed that we would be here today eulogizing
her? It is a huge loss to the community and a great shock to everyone.”
Bensimon remained in a coma on Monday,
according to the reports, which said her legs had been amputated as a
result of her injuries.
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Attack came as no surprise to local Jews (Times of Israel -with thanks: Janet):
Attack came as no surprise to local Jews (Times of Israel -with thanks: Janet):
The attack came as no surprise to many locals,
including many of the city’s 20,000 Jews, who for years have been the
target of anti-Semitic attacks and harassment by members of a growing
minority of fundamentalists from within the city’s large Muslim
population.
“The only Jews you see walking around with a
kippa are the foreign tourists,” said Chalom Yaich, a caretaker at the
Michelet Jewish community center and synagogue. One of Nice’s dozen-odd
synagogues, Michelet is located next to a car repair shop at the
northern downtown area about a mile and a half from the glitzier
beachfront area.
“We locals have stopped wearing it years ago or covered it with a hat for safety,” said Yaich, 53.
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