The dice of terror Was cast that day Young Ezra’s life Was taken away
He went to Israel For his gap year To study at yeshiva And volunteer
During a Mitzvah To feed some soldiers The van was ambushed By Jew hating ogres
It mattered not They knew not him Or that his heart flowed With Simchas Hachaim
To those you touched You were a young Mensch To all who knew you Your loss is immense
Young Ezra Schwartz I’ll never know you For they took you away For being a Jew
But what they don’t realize You’re still here with us You’re everywhere you smiled And in everyone you touched
Ezra Schwartz was from a town not far from me, he went to Israel for a year to study and Volunteer before he started college back in Massachusetts. The van he was traveling in on his way to drop sandwiches off to Israeli soldiers was ambushed, young Ezra, at 18 was shot and killed.by terrorists .