To be honest, I hadn't thought about Laor in years until I saw the instagram post about his death. I recognized his face immediately, and I felt a similar grief that you described. Back in 2019, my friend group over the summer was essentially my twin brother, Jojo, Noah and Tal, and our favorite crazy Kahanist. But among the Israelis, Laor came up to talk to our group more so than the other Israelis who I noticed talked more to the tsevet than the other chanichim. During chofesh when I would be chilling in the Mel Center, often by myself, sometimes he would show up and we would talk for a while. As a socially anxious introvert, this was quite meaningful to me. While the only camp friends I kept up with during the year were Jack and Jojo, I regret not contacting him. Among the many Israelis I've met in Barryville and Verbank, he was the nicest to me, and for that, I'm truly grateful.
To be honest, I hadn't thought about Laor in years until I saw the instagram post about his death. I recognized his face immediately, and I felt a similar grief that you described. Back in 2019, my friend group over the summer was essentially my twin brother, Jojo, Noah and Tal, and our favorite crazy Kahanist. But among the Israelis, Laor came up to talk to our group more so than the other Israelis who I noticed talked more to the tsevet than the other chanichim. During chofesh when I would be chilling in the Mel Center, often by myself, sometimes he would show up and we would talk for a while. As a socially anxious introvert, this was quite meaningful to me. While the only camp friends I kept up with during the year were Jack and Jojo, I regret not contacting him. Among the many Israelis I've met in Barryville and Verbank, he was the nicest to me, and for that, I'm truly grateful.