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Submitted by Judit Groisman, WIZO FLChairperson -PM Netanyahu’s Speech at the UN General Assembly
Please read a very powerful speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly
Michael Oren’s take on the Book of Jonah
Submitted by Raquel Di Capua-
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, spoke at three Washington, D.C. synagogues on Yom Kippur—at Adas Israel at Kol Nidrei services last Friday night, then at Washington Hebrew Congregation Saturday morning and at Kesher Israel in the afternoon. Conservative, Reform and Orthodox Jews heard the same eloquent message, and Oren's text is reproduced below. It's well worth reading in full—and then you can go back and read the Book of Jonah, which is read in synagogue on Yom Kippur and which Oren uses to frame his remarks!
THE STORY OF THE MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL OF YOUNG MOISHIE AND HIS INDIAN NANNY
Submitted by Jana Falic, WIZO USA President
Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved two-year-old Moishe Holtzberg during the terrorist attack at the Chabad House in Mumbai where his parents were murdered, received her Israeli citizenship today.
Rosh Hashana and its contradictions…(Article in Spanish)
Rosh Hashana celebrates the New Year and the day of Judgement. Can we understand this contradiction?
The Fast of Gedalia (Article in Spanish)
The Fast of Gedalia commemorates tragedies in our Jewish History and essential in modern times.