During the week of the 25th anniversary of the passing of Ari Halberstam H”YD , Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke spoke on the House floor in his honor.

Ari was shot and killed by a Muslim terrorist on the 23rd of Adar, (March 1) 1994. The lone gunman opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Hasidic students as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, leaving several others critically wounded.