Although his background was suppressed while he was captive, after his murder, news reports mournfully acknowledged that Steven Sotloff, a”h, was Jewish ­— an American raised in Miami who attended a Reform day school and made aliyah in 2005. A fellow captive, who was released, reported that Sotloff surreptitiously fasted on Yom Kippur and prayed facing Jerusalem. more

In this first-grade class photo supplied by Temple Beth Am, Steven Sotloff is second from right in the top row, and Danielle Berrin is at far right in the front row. more