AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

THE LEGACY OF JOSEPH

"Family members of slain Filipino letter carrier Joseph Ileto, including cousin Victoria Martocci, right, cousin Bernadine Ileto, second from right, and sister Carmina Ileto, third from right, march at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco."


Sh'ma: Ironically, we were the lucky ones. Joseph Ileto, a Filipino postal worker shot later that day was not so fortunate. I have devoted much time over the past years to work for common sense gun laws. My goal in life is to prevent others from experiencing gun violence. I’ve accepted this responsibility on behalf of the people who weren’t as lucky as I was — people like Joseph Ileto.

JTA: The lead plaintiff in the suit against Gun Makers is the mother of Joseph Ileto.

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.