Jewish Life Stories: Columbia Hillel mourns Yakov Shapiro, 30, an Israeli emissary of ‘joy and warmth’ 

Yakov Shapiro, 30, an Israeli emissary at Columbia Hillel

Yakov Shapiro was born in Rishon Lezion, Israel to a family that had emigrated from Belarus. After his military service, he staffed a Jewish Agency camp for children in…