politics
April 28, 2026
Foreign Rabbi Left to Keep an Appointment in Bogotá and Was Found Lifeless Inside a Closet
Going out to keep an appointment somewhere in Bogotá was the last activity carried out by the foreign rabbi Nuchem Yisrael Eber, who was brutally murdered and abandoned in a closet, on a street in the capital.
TL;DR
- Foreign rabbi Nuchem Yisrael Eber was found murdered and dismembered in a closet in Bogotá.
- Eber, a 51-year-old American, was a rabbi in a messianic community in Brooklyn, New York.
- He is believed to have been in Bogotá to instruct a congregation of Jewish converts.
- Eber left his rented apartment for a meeting on April 21 and was reported missing.
- His remains were discovered inside a blue closet abandoned on a street in the Bosa locality.
- Initial hypotheses suggest the crime may be related to a robbery.
- The Jewish community in Colombia and abroad has expressed condolences and condemned the violence.