Matthew Eisenfeld
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Matthew Eisenfeld, a United States citizen, was killed in the Jerusalem bus 18 massacres. Eisenfeld was a graduate of William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Yale University. At the time of his death he was a student at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.[1]
Eisenfeld's fiance, Sarah Duker, was also killed in the same attack. The Jewish Theological Seminary named the Matthew Eisenfeld and Sara Duker Beit Midrash in their honor.
The Eisenfeld and Duker families sued Iran for backing the attack, and won a US$327 million judgment in 2000. The Clinton Administration then blocked the families' efforts to seize certain Iranian assets in the United States.[2] As of 2006 collection efforts continue through legal process. The families, together with the family of another United States citizen killed in the same attack, now seek as much as US$900 million from Iran. In 2006 an Italian court domesticated the US court ruling, and temporarily froze Iranian assets. The plaintiffs have stated that they intend to pursue Iran through other European Union courts.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Yalies mourn violent murder of Matthew Eisenfeld, Yale Herald, March 1, 1996
- ^ U.S. Judge Orders Iran to Pay Families of Bombing Victims, New York Times, July 13, 2000
- ^ Vicki and Leonard take on Iran, Jerusalem Post, April 28, 2006
