Keren Yemima Mosquera died last night in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where she had been battling for her life. Keren was injured in an attack carried out by an Arab terrorist, associated with Hamas, who drove his car into her and others at the light rail station Wednesday night. Muscara is the second person to die from the attack, after 3 month old infant Chaya Zissel Braun died shortly following being struck.
Mosquera was an Ecuadorian immigrant to Israel. She had discovered she was descended from Conversos – Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity in Spain in the 14th and 15th centuries. This discovery prompted her to move to Israel and complete her conversion.
Keren was laid to rest on Har HaZeitim (Mount of Olives). Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and the Ecuadorian ambassador to Israel were among the hundreds of people who came to the funeral.
“Keren was very, very special, very humble, and always smiling a lot”, said her friend Esther to Tazpit News Agency. “She loved Israel, loved everything she did here….I am sure the world lost an amazing girl.”
May her memory be a blessing.
MI P/D.- DE DESCENDIENTES DE JUDIOS CONVERSOS ESTA LLENA TODA LA AMERICA DE HABLA HISPANO-PORTUGUESA...VAMOS POCO A POCO ENCONTRANDO NUESTRAS RAICES DE SER PARTE DEL PUEBLO JUDIO. REGRESAMOS A CASA EN ISRAEL...DE DONDE NUNCA DEBIERON DE SACARNOS...REGRESAMOS A NUESTRA TORAH...A NUESTRA MEZUZAH QUE NOS DESPIDE Y/O DA LA BIENVENIDA A NUESTROS HOGARES...DE REGRESO A HASHEM, EL UNICO D-OS Y EN EL Y CON EL VIVIMOS Y MORIMOS...O EN LA DIASPORA O COMO AQUELLOS MAS DICHOSOS...A MORIR A ISRAEL.
The funeral of Karen Yemima Mosquera was held Monday night, after midnight, starting at the Shamgar Funeral Home and ending on the Mount of Olives, where she was buried.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral.
Karen Yemima, an Olah Chadasha, was in Israel as part of her conversion process to Judaism. She died on Sunday, after being critically wounded in the Jerusalem Light Rail terror attack last Wednesday. In that attack, an Arab terrorist drove onto the train platform and ran over 9 people, killing Karen Yemima, and 3 month old Chaya Zissel Braun.
The state of Israel flew in Karen Yemima’s family from Ecuador following the attack.
The funeral of Karen Yemima was delayed by an hour, as the family of the terrorist planned their funeral at the same time, and police were concerned the terrorist’s funeral would exhibit the typical Arab violence associated with the funeral of killed terrorists, and they did not want any disruptions to Karen Yemima’s funeral or danger to the participants. The funeral for the terrorist was held under heavy police guard with only a few dozen participants as the police demanded.
But dozens of other Arabs in the Shiloach (Silwan) did go wild while the funeral was going on, shooting fireworks at police. Police responded with riot dispersal tools.
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