Posted on 07/24/2014 4:00:28 PM PDT by Nachum
According to the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, “Kerry entered and exited the room swiftly, surrounded by men in black and refusing to take any questions from press.”In the meantime, the Steinberg's are overwhelmed with the support that they have received here in Israel.“How’s your day?” Kerry asked as he sat down. “How’s your day?” Evie [Steinberg's mother] asked back. “My day’s going better than yours,” he said.
Speaking to Arutz Sheva at Jerusalem's Crowne Plaza Hotel, where the family are observing the seven-day shiva mourning period, Max's mother expressed gratitude for "all the love" the family had received from complete strangers.
Some 30,000 people showed up at Steinberg's funeral on Wednesday night."I cannot believe that all of these people are here for our son, and all the people that are here are giving us strength to get through this horrible time for our family," she said.
She recalled how her son had been inspired to join the IDF after visiting the grave of another fallen lone soldier from America: Michael Levin, who died fighting with the IDF's Paratrooper Brigade during the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Max's father told how the Israeli people had "done everything they can to help us live through this very trying time."
Addressing the family's decision to bury Max in Israel - and not in LA as originally planned - he said they felt their decision had been validated after visiting Israel.
"...Once we got here and once we've been embraced by so many wonderful people.. and the beauty of the country and what it all stands for, there is no other decision."
“How’s your day?” Kerry asked as he sat down. “Tell me, are there any opportunities for wind surfing in this area? Or perhaps polo?”
May the Lord draw Mr Steinberg’s family close to Him.
‘Unfit to Command’...wasn’t that the book from 2004 on Kerry?
Are you absolutely sure that Kerry and Biden are not related?
Major gripe with me too. There is just something very wrong with people who try to turn grief into a spectator sport. One day they will pay, maybe in this life but for sure in the next.
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