Erez Levanon, of blessed memory

Erez Levanon, of blessed memory

Shin Bet Arrests Israeli's Killers - Tovah Lazaroff and Yaakov Katz

Israeli security forces on Monday arrested two Palestinians in Beit Omar in the West Bank who confessed that they stabbed Erez Levanon, 42, to death in a forest outside his home in Bat Ayin on Sunday.

Levanon was a popular songwriter and singer who played music for patients in Jerusalem-area hospitals and would entertain for free at bar mitzvas and weddings of those who lacked money.

He was a follower of the 18th century Hassidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. In pursuit of the Bratslav tradition of personal prayer, Levanon and others in the community would often go [alone to pray] in the forest, where he was slain.
(Jerusalem Post)

UPDATE:
IsraellyCool notes the following about the news blackout around this story:

"Can you imagine the uproar if anyone murdered a Muslim in prayer, especially an Israeli? Besides the ensuing riots and intifada, the mainstream media would be all over the story like a rash. But because here we are dealing with a dead Israeli this has not scored a mention in the (non-Israeli) mainstream media."