From the Headlines: Tragic News

Yesterday morning around 10am, while I was tucked cozily in my bed, enjoying a quiet Shabbat morning, across town something awful and tragic happened. A 22-year-old Jewish young man named Dmitri Mikolinski was stabbed to death. Only two media outlets have reported on the incident so far, but it appears that the incident was racially motivated. On his way to synagogue, Dmitri was stabbed in the neck in a manner that is indicative of a group of skinheads in the city. We received word from our security team early this morning. Needless to say, this makes our stomachs churn and our hearts beat faster. Please pray for the safety of the Jewish community here.

Local yeshiva student stabbed to death in St. Petersburg | Ha'aretz | Amiram Barkat | 13 May 07