Amichai Magen shared the following at Chabad at Stanford’s memorial for Amir, March 29, 2004.
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I didn’t know Amir for very long, but he found a way to approach me. He would stop on his bike and say hello – and he would listen – he cared about the response he got…he was sincerely fascinated by philosophical questions; by the religious dilemma. Having been in the Israeli army – I have had to bury a few young friends – and nothing is worse…
Amir was a man of education; the notion that to save a human being to save one human being is the most powerful thing; I want to take it upon myself – the next person that you save in this world – do it for Amir and dedicate the saving of a human life to him – to the memory of him as an educator – it won’t bring him back; it won’t take away from the tragedy of his passing, but it will be something that he would have wanted – as an educator – that people recognize that what he was doing was trying to make the life of others richer and fuller – and if we can take that lesson – we can do something to honor him.