Rabbi Berland's grandson is suspected of causing the death of the late Shimon Heller

April 8, 2021   

Rabbi Nachman Goldblum, the grandson of the leader of the 'Shuvo Banim' movement, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, is suspected of causing the death of the late 15-year-old Shimon Heller who drowned in the Euphrates River on Monday. The arrest of Goldblum, the head of the 'Hechma Ve'daat' yeshiva for young people, who is suspected of causing death by negligence, was extended today (Thursday) by five days. Shahar Glick reported on the Galatians that the tour guide is also a suspect in the incident but was not arrested. According to the police, "the rabbi's part and negligence are immeasurably greater than the guide's. His negligence is manifested in the fact that he did not coordinate the trip with the Ministry of Education and in the actions he took before, during and immediately after the incident." According to the Galatians report, throughout the additional investigation, Goldblum answered only one question and continued to maintain his right to remain silent. The suspect's wife addressed him through the camera at the end of the discussion: "Today is Holocaust Day. People went through the Holocaust. "It's not terrible, everything passes." A person from the audience is outraged by the desecration of the Holocaust, and a shouting match breaks out in the hall. Shimon Heller, the late yeshiva student, belonged to the 'Shuvo Banim' community. The deceased was born in Jerusalem in Iyar 5765 to his father, Rabbi Nathan Heller of the 'Shuvo Banim' community, and to his mother, Mrs. Sarah, daughter of the late Rabbi Avraham Hershler, of the Breslov Hasidim. He drowned on Monday in Wadi Kelt-Nachal Prat in the northern Judean Desert. Rescue teams from the Megilot Rescue Unit and rescue forces were called to the scene of the drowning, who pulled the boy out of the water and gave him initial medical treatment, with his condition described as critical. He was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital while resuscitation efforts were being carried out, with the help of a military helicopter, but there the doctors were forced to pronounce him dead.