On Oct. 19, a memorial service was held in front of Beverly Hills High School (BHHS) in the wake of the untimely death of 16-year-old student Gael Gomez. Gomez was in his junior year at BHHS and an active member of Beverly Hills High School Jewish Club, where Rabbi Daniel Illulian sits as advisor. During the memorial, Rabbi Illulian spoke about unity, understanding, and love in front of roughly 150 students and alumni who came to honor the memory of Gomez.
Club co-presidents, Daniel Rabkin and Yonatan Kashanian recognized the gravity that such an unfortunate loss is having on the BHHS community. Rabbi Illulian, Rabkin and Kashanian opened the ceremony with heart-warming comments followed by testimonies given by Gomez’s closest friends.
