Efraim Gordon’s family wants him to be remembered not as a victim of a senseless crime, but as a kind, loving man who enjoyed studying the Torah. On July 10, over a year after his death, his community and loved ones are honoring him by completing a Sefer Torah in his name. Born in Jerusalem in 1990, Gordon had a secular upbringing but became more observant and interested in Judaism after his service in the Israel Defense Forces. He frequently studied the Torah and eventually self-identified as a ba’al teshuva (a secularly raised Jew who becomes more religious later in...
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