Lonely old man was revealed to be Jewish - and was brought for Jewish burial

No one suspected that the elderly Charles Lutman - who lived in a nursing home populating Gentiles and Jews together, is Jewish.


Lutman died on Thursday and was lonely and ill for most of his life.


An avrech, a resident of Lakewood, who works for a living in the nursing home, heard about his death, and quickly call the 'Mitaskim' organization, to prevent the burial in a Christian cemetery, since he heard one day from Lutman that he was Jewish.


The 'Mitaskim' activists checked out the Interior Ministry archives, and found that Charles is the son of Rabbi Israel Lutman. Equipped with information, they were quick to release the body from the authorities in order to bring him to a Jewish burial.

A group of Lakewood yeshiva students participated in the funeral where the deceased merited having kaddish recited in his memory.


In consultation with Rabbi Yechezkel Roth, it was decided to change the name of the deceased, from Charles to Yaacov. Thus the deceased was buried in a Jewish cemetery with a Jewish name.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!