Five Towns Jewish Home 08.04.22

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The Jewish Home | AUGUST 4, 2022

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One Summer Later How the Riots in Lod Shattered an Israeli Mindset by MiriaM Sara Leff

“T

hey were Jews in need of help. Of course, I went.” Akiva’s fierce answer was in response to my question of why he chose to go to Lod to protect the endangered Jews there one year ago. He told me, simply, that he had no choice. He could not sit back on his living room couch and watch what was happening on television. Not that he has television. Akiva Hacohen is religious, married, and a father of nine. He lives in the Shomron in the small agricultural town of Yitzhar. Last summer, he was one of hundreds who heard what was happening in Lod and dropped everything, choosing to wade through fire – literally – to save his brothers.


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Something to Laugh About by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

2min
pages 119-120

Your Money

3min
page 118

Zawahri Was in “Downtown Kabul” by Marc A. Thiessen

3min
pages 108-109

Turning the Tide by Avi Heiligman

6min
pages 110-111

The Inflation Reduction Act is Anything But by Marc A. Thiessen

4min
pages 106-107

Mind Your Business

9min
pages 100-101

Notable Quotes

4min
pages 102-105

The Aussie Gourmet: General Tso’s Fish

2min
page 99

My Israel Home

3min
pages 82-83

JWOW

3min
page 98

Break for Breakfast by Aliza Beer, MS RD

7min
pages 92-93

Moving On by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

4min
pages 94-95

Kinnos and the Stages of Grief

6min
pages 80-81

Parenting Pearls

5min
pages 96-97

One Summer Later: How the Riots in Lod Shattered an Israeli Mindset

14min
pages 84-87

The Miracle of Jewish Survival by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

13min
pages 76-79

Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

4min
pages 74-75

Community Happenings

19min
pages 38-51

Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

2min
pages 64-65

This Week We’re Talking to… Simcha Day Camp

6min
pages 52-55

Living Beyond the Checklist by Rav Moshe Weinberger

9min
pages 66-69

Individuality and Community by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

9min
pages 70-73

Voice Notes: The Price of #reallife by Rivky Itzkowitz

10min
pages 56-61

That’s Odd

8min
pages 34-37
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