six hostages in particular were kept Temporary_stay because they were men and american citizens , not necessarily jews : robert norman schwartz , a u.s. defense Defending department researcher stationed in thailand ; james lee woods , schwartz 's assistant and security detail ; gerald berkowitz , an american-born jew and college chemistry professor ; rabbi abraham unk and his brother rabbi joseph unk , two brooklyn school teachers ; and john hollingsworth , a u.s. state department employee .

It was organized Arranging by Hillel Kook , nephew of the chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and head of the Bergson Group , and involved Cause_to_be_included more than 400 rabbis , mostly members of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada , from New York and cities throughout the Eastern United States .

On 19 March , he opened Openness fire at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish day school in Toulouse , killing Killing a rabbi and three children , also wounding four others .