The death of a 69-year-old Jewish man during a confrontation at dueling protests over the Israel-Hamas war has increased fear and grief in the Conejo Valley.
Paul Kessler was remembered this week as a proud Jew. He and his family had been longtime members of Thousand Oaks' Temple Etz Chaim, where Rabbi Ari Averbach said they had been involved over the years, though not recently. Still, Kessler remained active in his community, recently answering a call from a neighbor to stand opposite a pro-Palestinian demonstration that popped up at a nearby intersection as the Israel-Hamas war escalated.
Videos shared on social media from the afternoon showed a few pro-Palestinian protesters — before Kessler fell — yelling into megaphones, sometimes into people's faces, that 'All of Israel will burn in hell,' and 'All of Israel are cowards.' One man who was at the protest with Kessler said he saw a man hit someone with a megaphone, who he later found out was Kessler.
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