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View ArticleTo Be a Levite Today in Eretz Yisrael
I am a Levite. A descendant of the tribe of Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah, as described in the Book of Breishit (Genesis). As a boy, I was aware of this fact and that our family had some kind...
View ArticleA Way for Olim to Give Back to Our Country
A few days ago, I completed a week serving as a volunteer on an IDF reservist base in the Negev. This wasn’t the typical type of volunteer gig you might expect a retired grandfather to attend, such as...
View ArticleSome Thoughts While Volunteering On An IDF Base
I have spent the last week with ten friends in uniform on an IDF base in the Galilee. It is the second time this year that we have gathered together to volunteer to help our military under the auspices...
View ArticleThinking of My Grandfathers a Decade After Our Aliyah
Not long ago, my wife and I passed an important personal milestone — the tenth anniversary of our Aliyah. There is so much to be said about what the past decade has meant to us in terms of the quality...
View ArticleLook In the Torah: Third Agers Are Not Disposable!
Numerous articles have been published globally in recent weeks, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, about the seeming disposable status of older citizens given their greater vulnerability to illness...
View ArticleRemembering and Honoring a Young Soldier – PFC Solomon D. Mosner
To Remember and Never Forget: As we go through life, we remember those we knew and loved and were taught about. And we are challenged to never forget that which they accomplished, that which they...
View ArticleHonoring A Veteran of the Battle of the Bulge – My Father, Pvt Julius Mischel
We shall always remember–we shall never forget: My late father, Julius Mischel, was a combat veteran of WWII. In a few days we will be commemorating what would have been his 96th birthday. The son of...
View ArticleLetter from the Shoah: ‘We cannot fight anymore, all is lost’
80 years ago in Peremyshliany, Poland, Dr. Isak Mandel wrote a harrowing account of horrific cruelty and loss. Somehow, his letter survived.
View ArticleThe Genie Is Out Of The Bottle
The Passover seder is just a day away and, as I try to prepare some meaningful ideas to discuss with my children and grandchildren who will be attending, I keep focusing on the words of וְהִיא...
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