Rav Kupinksy grew up in Michigan

Rabbi Aryeh Kupinsky, Hy”d, grew up north of Detroit in Oak Park, said Beverly Phillips, a spokeswoman for Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit.

He was the third of five siblings and attended the formerly named Young Israel of Oak Park synagogue, just north of Detroit, said ex-neighbor Esther Schwartz. His parents moved to Israel about 30 years ago when he was about 10, Schwartz said Tuesday from her winter home in Boca Raton. “All morning I couldn’t stop crying,” she said. “This was a child we knew. It’s shocking, senseless and useless.”

Kupinsky attended Akiva Hebrew Day School in Southfield, Michigan, according to the Detroit Free Press.

“We are deeply saddened by this horrible tragedy in Israel and we mourn with the widows and children of those who were needlessly killed,” said school chief administrative officer Jordana Wolfson. “We only wish for peace in Israel.”

Kupinsky is survived by his wife and five children.