KIRYAS JOEL – The Hasidic Jewish man and woman who were gunned down in a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey on Tuesday were laid to rest in a cemetery on Raywood Drive in the Village of Kiryas Joel early Thursday morning.
Leah Mindel Ferentz, 33, who grew up in Kiryas Joel, was the wife of the owner of the store. Her cousin, Moshe Hirsch Deutsch, 24, of Brooklyn was in the shop at the time.
A few hundred mourners braved the cold weather at the cemetery to pay their respects to the two who were shot and killed along with a worker at the store, Miguel Rodriguez.
The two shooters, a man and woman, were killed by police.
They shot and killed Jersey City Police Det. Joseph Seals earlier at another location before they went to their targeted kosher market.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Wednesday, said “this disgusting act of violence was a deliberate attack on the Jewish community in Jersey City.”
To be on the safe side, Cuomo directed State Police “to increase patrols and security around synagogues and Jewish establishments while New Jersey law enforcement further investigates this horrific act.”
Cuomo said, “Anti-Semitism and violence against the Jewish community are on the rise both in our state and across the nation. We must stand united, be vigilant and stamp out this vile disease of hate wherever we see it. New York is a proud home to the Jewish community and we will continue to reject hateful acts whenever and wherever we seem them.
