“With deep sorrow and heavy grief, the Jewish community of Kamianske received the bitter news of the death of Alexander Rud — a graduate of the Or Avner school in Kamianske and a soldier of the IDF.” These are the words that open the mourning text published on April 7, 2026, by the community’s rabbi, Levi Stambler.

The publication states that Alexander was killed on Shabbat, the 17th of Nisan. The 17th of Nisan, 5786, on the Jewish calendar fell on Saturday, April 4, 2026.

The community expressed its sincere condolences to his mother, his grandmother, and the entire family. The text ends with traditional words of consolation:

“May the Almighty comfort you........

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