A Thousand Words – September 16, 2019

Avigayle Adler

Art educator Avigayle Adler joined the 7th OTS Amiel BaKehila delegation to Cherry Hill NJ, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, PA and Charleston, SC last week representing the state of Israel in general, and Israeli art and Jewish culture in particular, on behalf of Ohr Torah Stone and the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. Adler and her …

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Torah and Tikkun Olam

Daniella and kids

Torah and Tikkun Olam “I have had the zchut (merit) to live in the state of Israel, to serve it and to aid others in its name.” As 21-year-old Daniella Meltz  approached her final days of IDF service and contemplated hanging up her army uniform in exchange for civilian garb, she felt a burning urge …

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A Tale of Uganda’s Jewish Community

Praying with the Torah

A Tale of Uganda’s Jewish Community  The legacy of terrorism victim Dvir Sorek had an impact in one of the most unexpected places by Ilanit Chernick | September 16, 2019 | Photos by Jonah Stocki Between the cornfields and the banana trees sits a synagogue in the Ugandan village of Putti. This is how Jonah Stocki …

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