American-Israeli Richard Lakin dies two weeks after terrorist attack on Jerusalem bus

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http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/American-Israeli-victim-dies-two-weeks-after-brutal-attack-on-Jerusalem-bus-430168

American-Israeli Richard Lakin, 76, who was critically wounded in a brutal bus attack in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood two weeks ago, died on Tuesday morning, a hospital official announced. Lakin, a former principal at Hopewell Elementary School in Glastonbury, Connecticut, underwent numerous emergency surgeries at Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem after being shot in the head and stabbed multiple times.

“Dad’s basic views as expressed on his website were: ‘Every child is a miracle,’ ‘kindness and positivism are contagious,’ ‘empowerment frees people to realize their potential,’ ‘parenting and teaching are acts of love,’ and ‘schools must be caring learning communities where pluralism and opportunities for choice abound.’”

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Lakin, who was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, made aliya with his wife Karen and two teenage sons 32 years ago, after a distinguished career as an educator and community activist from 1969-1984. During the US civil rights movement in the 60s, Lakin and Karen took part in numerous “Freedom Rides” throughout the south to show solidarity with blacks who were segregated by discriminatory Jim Crow laws.

The family settled in Jerusalem, where he and Karen taught English to Jewish and Palestinian students.

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Here is a link to his book: Teaching as an Act of Love

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Act-Love-Recollections-Principal/dp/0595461557

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