Entries Tagged as 'Halberstam'

Monday, December 28th, 2009

“Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp”

” Many drivers no doubt have no idea who that is. And that’s precisely why the signs are there.
On March 1, 1994, Ari Halberstam was shot on the ramp as he and other yeshiva students were returning to Brooklyn in a van from a vigil for the ailing Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Ari died […]

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Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Brooklyn Marks Anniversary Of Ari Halberstam’s Murder

“Today marks 15 years since a Hasidic teenager was gunned down on the entrance ramp of the Brooklyn Bridge. On March 1, 1994, 16-year-old Ari Halberstam was one of 15 Yeshiva students heading to Brooklyn when Lebanese national Rashid Baz opened fire on their van. Halberstam was shot in the head and died five days […]

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