Dee Family Tragedy

Three years after attack, Tali Dee chooses life and strength

Three years after losing her mother and two sisters in a terror attack, Tali Dee shares how faith, family, and resilience helped her rebuild and move forward.

Tal Dee announces engagement - on day her mother was killed

Three years to the day after her mother Lucy and sisters Rina and Maia were murdered in a terror attack, Tal Dee announces her engagement to Ariel.

For his yahrzeit:

Overcoming Crisis: A lesson from Rabbi Sacks zt”l

Abraham did not give up or put his faith in God to bring about these promises through miracles. Instead, he set about fulfilling those promises through his own efforts.

Following tragedy: Rabbi Leo Dee remarries

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina were murdered in a terror attack two years ago, remarries to Aliza Teplitsky.

Why I prayed on Temple Mount this morning

The day we take the Temple Mount back, the day we free our oldest hostage, that’s the day we’ll also free all the others. Op-ed.

Parashat Chukat:

When our greatest weakness becomes our greatest strength

In Chukat, the snake on the pole was not magic. It was a mirror.

Mazal Tov:

Bereaved father and husband Leo Dee announces engagement

Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two of his daughters in a terror attack in the Jordan Valley, announced his engagement to Aliza Teplitsky.

Rabbi Leo Dee:

How the Haggadah came to be

With the Jewish reoccupation of our homeland forbidden, we needed a ceremony and a text to commemorate Pesach, but how could we get it past the Roman censors?

3 new MDA ambulances donated in memory of Dee family

The ambulances were donated in Jerusalem, Efrat, and Tel Aviv in memory of Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina, who were murdered by terrorists 2 years ago.

50 million NIS of funds seized from PA for the Dee family

The Jerusalem District Court has issued a temporary garnishee order to seize 50 million shekels of Palestinian Authority funds for Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina were murdered in a shooting attack two years ago.

Hanukkah - When the New Morality is just the Old Immorality

Just like our ancestors, the mighty Maccabees, armed with a Torah in one hand and an Iron Dome missile interception battery in the other, the Israeli people are defending the only true morality. Op-ed.

Vayeishev:

Where do they need me?

The greatest test of Emunah is to make changes to one’s life when things are going well.

Vayeitze:

The world’s biggest family

Am Yisrael is a family. We know it’s true. When Am Yisrael is in danger, we all ignore our differences and jump into action,

Why I’m suing the Palestinian Authority

If 1,000 families of terror victims in Israel were to sue the PA, we could collectively bankrupt the Palestinian Authority government and end their pay-for-slay terror funding scheme once and for all. Opinion.

Why I tore my shirt on TV

Tearing my shirt for the Temple had special significance this year, but should it?

Today's message from the Spies

There is a strong message in this week’s Torah portion and it is the call to return home, to make Aliyah.

Torah scroll dedicated in honor of Dee family

Tens of thousands of students helped to raise the money to commemorate Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina, who were killed in a shooting attack in 2023.

Yom Yerushalayim Sameach - is it really sameach?

Perhaps the secret to Shalom in the world is a 20-acre plot of land lying right in the middle of our capital city over which we do not have jurisdiction.

Song marks one year since murder of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee

To mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee, Maia Dee's seminary friends recorded an emotional song in their memory.

Rabbi Leo Dee:

'Oct. 7th woke us up, we are in a time of redemption'

Bereaved husband and father Rabbi Leo Dee calls for Israel to remove existential threats and carry on to a long-term solution.

Moving: Terror victim Lucy Dee's students sing in tribute to her

Marking one year since the murder of Lucy Dee, beloved English teacher, her students and husband perform moving rendition of 'Hitna'ari Me'afar,' in tribute and memorial.

Memorial for Dee family to be held on anniversary of murders

On Sunday, April 7, a memorial event will be held for Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina to mark the first anniversary of their deaths in a terrorist shooting attack on Passover.

During activity in Shechem:

Home of Dee family murderer demolished

Meanwhile, unusual incident reported in which worshipers entered Joseph's Tomb without coordination with the IDF, and were safely removed from the city.

Casualties and Karma

Perhaps the suffering of their families will be an incentive for Palestinian Arabs to end the indiscriminate killing of Israeli civilians. I would like to believe that. Opinion.

Rabbi Dee:

'I am proud of my son for supporting the hostages'

After his son was detained while protesting aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, Rabbi Leo Dee says he understands why people go to protests. 'They are doing everything they can.'

Bereaved father and husband:

'I hope we can maintain unity when the threat is gone'

Rabbi Leo Dee: "Everybody woke up to see that there was a new truth, there is good and there is evil in the world."

In nighttime operation:

IDF demolishes home of the murderer of the Dee family

IDF soldiers operate in Shechem (Nablus) to demolish home of Hamas terrorist who murdered Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee.

Bereaved father:

'These are the tools we need during challenging times'

Rabbi Leo Dee offers words of inspiration at OU Israel’s Torah Modiin Conference. 'We live in a reality which is constantly changing.'

Rabbi Leo Dee:

'Good that killer's home tp be demolished, but PA will rebuild'

Husband, father of shooting attack reacts to IDF announcement homes of terrorists behind Passover, Eli attacks will be demolished.

Bereaved father:

Backing the Palestinian Authority is backing the wrong horse

Leo Dee: 'Israeli army protects PA from its own people, whom it abuses, because Israeli leaders claim this leads to stability and security.'

United Hatzalah gets new emergency car in memory of Dee sisters

Emergency car donated in memory of terror victims Lucy, Maia, and Rina Dee.

Dee family meets recipients of Lucy Dee's corneas

Menachem Sisu, Moshe Aharon Perl, meet Dee family after receiving Lucy Dee's corneas.

Rabbi Leo Dee calls on PM to end financial support to PA

Rabbi Leo Dee called to stop supporting the Palestinian Authority 'which encourages murdering Israelis in front of their children.'

Bereaved father and husband:

Jewish violence creates darkness, IDF must fight against terror

Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack in Jordan Valley, writes against violent responses to recent terror

ActNews:

Fixed it for you CNN

CNN's Christiane Amanpour chose to refer to the horrific murder of a mother and her two daughters as a 'Shootout.'

Lucy Dee and her daughters:

IDF prepares to demolish home of terrorist who murdered 3 women

Army engineering team maps out homes terrorists who murdered Lucy Dee and her daughters and IDF soldier Ido Baruch.

Prof. Alan Dershowitz:

"I will represent Rabbi Leo Dee against CNN pro bono"

Prof. Alan Dershowitz will not charge Rabbi Leo Dee for his case against a CNN host who said his wife and daughters died 'in a shootout'.

Leo Dee announces suit against CNN for Amanpour comments

Leo Dee announces intention to sue CNN for 'shootout' comments, says he rejected Christiane Amanpour's email apology.

Following uproar:

Amanpour apologizes for saying Dee family 'killed in a shootout'

CNN host Christiane Amanpour says she apologized to Rabbi Leo Dee: I misspoke.

Amanpour at it again:

'Dee family members were killed in a shootout'

Israeli Consulate to send letter of complaint to CNN over host's assertion that members of the Dee family were also shooting.

Foreign Min. offers Rabbi Leo Dee position of special envoy

Minister Eli Cohen says he was moved by bereaved husband and father's eulogy for his murdered wife and daughters.

Terrorists who murdered Lucy Dee and her daughters eliminated

Three firearms are confiscated and two Hamas terrorists and their cohort are eliminated in Israeli security operation in Shechem.

Dee family hears their mother's heart inside transplant patient

Lucy Dee's organs were donated after she was murdered. Today, her daughters heard their mother's heart beating inside the recipient.

Memorial Day in London:

Hotovely dedicates speech to the Dee family

Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom speaks at Memorial Day ceremony in London, dedicates remarks to Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee.

Watch: Rabbi Leo Dee recites Yiskor at Independence Day ceremony

Bereaved father recites Kaddish at regional memorial ceremony

Rabbi Leo Dee recites the Kaddish prayer at the central Memorial Day ceremony in Gush Etzion.

Two cars in opposing lanes - thinking of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee

One car filled with light, and coming towards it, a car filled with darkness. A friend mourns the light we have lost.

Rabbi Leo Dee urges unity:

Calls for 'holy souls to be remembered with respect and love'

Leo Dee urges Israel to unite for Yom HaZikaron and not to politicize ceremonies or to protest in order to respect bereaved families.

Rabbi Leo Dee:

'Bereaved families just want to mourn with the whole nation'

Bereaved father and husband Leo Dee talks about the mourning he and his family are going through, and calls for unity in Israel.

Bereaved sister and daughter:

'We aren't alone, even though the house is empty'

Tali Dee, who lost her mother and sisters in Jordan Valley shooting, opens up about how she is coping with the grief.

Rabbi Leo Dee to recite Yizkor prayer at Independence Day event

Husband, father of victims of Passover terrorist attack chosen to recite prayer at State opening ceremony for Israel's 75th Independence Day

MK to BBC:

'Settlements are illegal, the murder of the Dee family isn't?

MK Ohad Tal demands BBC update its guidelines on Israel over its focus on settlements and lack of focus on victims of terrorism.

US Rabbis:

We came to Israel to embrace bereaved Leo Dee

Rabbi Goldberg and Rabbi Schachter traveled from the US to Efrat to visit Rabbi Dee as he mourns the loss of his wife and daughters.

Op-Ed:

A light in the darkness

Day of Lucy Dee’s funeral felt like it was out of a movie –– rainy, cold, depressing - totally out of place for the Passover season. Op-Ed.

Dee family sets out to build three legacies

The Dee family will soon end its period of mourning. Three projects are planned to eternalize Lucy, Rina, and Maya Dee.

Bereaved father Leo Dee makes request of hasidic leader

Leo Dee, who lost wife and 2 daughters in terror attack, requests Sadigora Rebbe wave Israeli flag, say Hallel, on Independence Day.

Fake news:

Lucy Dee's organs were not donated to Palestinian Arab terrorist

Efrat Local Council head ​​​​​​​Oded Revivi denies false reports that Lucy Dee's organs were donated to terrorist by order of Supreme Court.

Chief rabbi visits family of terror victims

Chief Rabbi Lau pays condolence visit to Dee family, who lost mother and two sisters in terror attack.

Keren Dee:

'I called Dad, and he told me'

The two remaining Dee sisters recount the moments after their mother and two sisters were murdered in a terror attack.

Rabbi Leo Dee:

'My focus is the future, not terrorists from a damaged culture'

Bereaved father and husband recalls meeting with Netanyahu, describes support from Arab friends after deadly terror attack.