Just a Few Weeks Away From Rosh Ha Shanah

As we ramp up for the holiday season your gifts helps fill a need that is bigger than normal. It comes at a time when many of the people we help, on a good day, struggle to make ends meet, no less meeting the added demands on their already depleted.
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The Month of Elul

As we move into the month of Elul (on the Hebrew calendar) we move into the fall holiday season. The word Elul in Hebrew means “to search or to search out”. The fall feasts are a time on introspection, of searching out one's heart. But for some the fall feasts.
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A year ago “Operation Protective Edge” Began

Wednesday, July the 8th marked one year since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge For the next fifty days we would be running to our bomb shelter morning, noon and night. The sound of outgoing artillery, tank fire and Iron Dome rockets launching as they intercept incoming Kassams would permeate.
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What Does Sderot and Boston Have In Common?

As I sat the other night and listened to three of the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing speaking of their injuries, I could relate to everything they were saying … Lynn Julian talked about her sense of security taken away, how she is in constant pain and fear and.
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Mortars and Tunnels Both Aimed At Innocent Civilians

There have been reports that Hamas has either produced or has smuggled in mortars that have an eight kilometer  range. This being the case it puts all of Sderot in this new mortars range. The concern is that when these new mortars are fired they do not have the same high arch as.
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Rockets Begin Again

Since our last news update and the story entitled “Signs of The Next War?” there has been a steady trickle of Rockets fired into Israel from terrorists in Gaza. Apparently this new escalation (?) is coming from a group called the “Omar Brigade”, an organization affected with ISIS. According to.
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Signs of The Next War?

Over the past few days there have been eight rockets fired at us from Gaza. Property damage was minimal, no physical damage to anyone but the emotional damage was great. All it takes is your phone to go off with an “Alert” and you start wondering if we will be.
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Last Scar Removed

This past week the last scar from last summer’s war with Hamas was repaired and covered up. Today you would never  know this building took a direct hit from a terrorist’s rocket. With a fresh coat of paint makes it looks like nothing ever happened; I wish we could say.
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When The Kids Are Away The Cats Will Play

We have been busy building and making home improvement. One of our local kindergartens called us for some help. It seemed that the faucet in the kitchen was leaking and they had tried for months to get the city to come fix it for them. With some Teflon tape and.
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Last “Replacement Car” Artical!

On April 5, 2015 we ran our first story about the need to replace our “Herby” our pick-up and delivery vehicle. With great joy and Thanksgiving I am pleased to say that through your generosity the $4830 needed to purchase the car and put it on the road has been.
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