Jon Novich, a friend of the Lopatins, shared the following at Chabad at Stanford’s memorial service for Amir, March 29, 2004.
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I’m no linguist and I don’t know what “Lopatin” means. I knew Amir since high school and I’ve known Shoshana since college. I spent a weekend in DC with Shoshana and Uri – it was a blast. If I had to translate Lopatin (I’m not a linguist) it would be “passion” – they all had this incredible energy.
The thing that I’m struggling with is, why do we need to challenge that passion for life – because I just don’t get that. I just don’t get that.