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VOL. 33, N0. 17
MAY 3, 2019
Tragedy won’t ‘knock us down’ Synagogue memorializes slain woman
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By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — A pair of Encinitas traffic THE and public safety commissioners who VISTA at one time were at theNEWS center of a controversy over their refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance have quietly resigned in recent months. Christina Simokat and Darius Degher made headlines in late 2017 by refusing to stand for the flag salute before meetings, and Degher going as RANCHO far as to ask the six-member commission to remove SFNEWS the pledge as a standing item on the board’s agenda. Simokat, a college history professor who represented New Encinitas on the panel, stepped down from the board late last year, and Degher, a noted musician who served as Leucadia’s representative, stepped down March 12. Both said that the flag salute controversy had nothing to do with their decision to leave the board. Simokat attributed it to a change in her teaching schedule that made it difficult to attend meetings. Degher, however, said that he stepped down because he felt the commission moved too slowly and was bogged down in bureaucracy. “I feel I can be more useful and effective writing songs, poems, stories, and commentaries. I’m just not politic enough for
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POWAY — Bereaved relatives, grieving fellow congregants and an array of political leaders gathered on Monday, April 29, to mourn the death and celebrate the life of a woman gunned down at a Poway synagogue on the final day of Passover during a shooting rampage allegedly fueled by anti-Semitism. Lori Gilbert Kaye, described by her rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, as one of Chabad of Poway’s “pioneers,” was a former bank employee who helped get the congregation a loan to build its house of worship in northern San Diego County. The afternoon funeral for Kaye, 60, took place just two days after a gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at the synagogue, killing her and wounding three others, including Goldstein. Some witnesses said Kaye suffered the fatal wound while trying to protect the rabbi from the gunfire. Kaye was shot late Saturday morning while at the temple with her husband and daughter to honor her recently deceased mother, according to Goldstein, who lost one index finger in the shooting and spent hours in surgery as doctors worked to save the other. After the shooter's gun jammed, he was chased out of the building by a Border Patrol agent who is a member of the congregation. The suspect, 19-year-old
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John T. Earnest of Rancho Penasquitos, fled in a vehicle but was arrested nearby a short time later. Another worshipper, 34-year-old Almog Peretz, suffered a gunshot wound while shepherding children to safety, including his 8-year-old niece, Noya Dahan, who was hit by shrapnel. Both have been released from hospital care and are expected to recover. During the memorial service, Goldstein, at times gesturing with his mutilat-
STEVE VAUS, the mayor of Poway, embraces Oscar Stewart during a memorial service for shooting victim Lori Gilbert Kaye on Monday, April 29, at Chabad of Poway. Stewart, a U.S. Army veteran, chased the shooter out of the church. HANNAH KAYE, daughter of victim Lori Gilbert Kaye, greets fellow congregants before speaking during Monday’s memorial service for her mother in Poway. Photos by Jordan P. Ingram
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