Nezer Hazani – Hundreds of mourners thronged the funeral of Sergeant Shlomo Rindenow, a lone soldier from New Jersey who died in an accident involving a grenade at his base in the Golan Heights on Sunday.
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“Today is a day of mourning for us, for the family, for the army, and for the entire Jewish people everywhere,” said his brother, Jeff Rindenow, at the funeral service.
Rindenow, 20, from New Jersey and First Sergeant Husam Tafesh, 24, from Beit Jan, were killed when Tafesh’s grenade accidentally exploded. Three other soldiers were wounded in the blast, with one remaining in serious condition. It is still unclear why the grenade detonated, and the IDF is investigating the incident.
The service was held at the synagogue in Netzer Hazani, where Shlomo Rindenow’s brother resides. Shlomo Rindenow lived in Kibbutz Sde Yoav.
Rindenow was the fifth of his brothers to volunteer in the IDF as a lone soldier, a term used in Israel to describe those serving without any family in Israel, and his death has shaken the lone soldier community.
“It’s devastating,” said Mordy Botnick, founder of the lone-soldier-support organization Chayal El Chayal. “It has been happening way too much. Five lone soldiers have died in the past two years alone.”
Botnick was referring to lone soldiers Sean Carmeli, Max Steinberg, and Jordan Ben Simon, who were killed fighting in Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Another soldier, David Gordon, died soon after.
Rindenow was remembered by friends and family as someone who was always smiling and never stopped trying to help others. “Prior to enlistment, Shlomo worked as a dog handler for a search-and-rescue unit. He always wanted to assist others.”
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these pictures are devastating just like those of any soldier but particulary of lone soldiers, may we not see anymore Jewish suffering.
The parents Rabbi and Mrs. Rindenow must be real special people to merit having the ZCHUS that all five of theirchildren volunteered to put their lives on the line to protect their brothers and sisters in our holy land,what an amazing and beautiful family,now contrast this with the hundreds of thousand of so called chareidim living in their own holy land surrounded by hundreds of millions blood thirsty Arab murderers who declare openly their aim to destroy Eretz Yisroel in a river of jewish blood and never the less they refuse to lift a finger to defend their own families and country.
How you can justify this absolute traitor-ism is just beyond me,i wonder how they can look in the mirror every morning and not throw up.
CHAIM
Does anyone know where the family will be sitting?
BD”E
Has anyone noticed how the lone soldiers all appear to be yarmulke wearing?
To #3
It’s disgusting and reshuis for you to make a political statement after the death of this Kodosh!