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The war in Ukraine is heartbreaking, and it’s impacting us all. However, we’ll still make this the “good” newsletter and focus on the positives of the last week. In addition, we’ll be delivering mishloach manot to the refugees that have arrived in Israel. If you’d like to order mishloach manot for the refugees, you can click the banner below.
Only one week left till Purim. Thank you to all of you that already placed your mishloach manot orders. For everyone else, next Thursday is the big day for everywhere except Jerusalem, which will celebrate on Friday. Our deadline for outlying places is TODAY! #afreilichinpurim
If you’re ordering to the country’s center or Outside Jerusalem, your deadline is on Monday. Finally, if you want to place an order to Jerusalem or Gush Etzion, you have until Tuesday, but why leave it to the last minute. Order today and have a restful Shabbat knowing you’re loved ones are going to be smiling ear to ear when Gili’s comes knocking.
On Motzai Shabbat, we found out about PM’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine. When he took a private jet to Moscow to speak to Putin, he then flew to Germany to update the German Chancellor. Since then, he’s had multiple conversations with both sides. I have no idea if it’ll lead anywhere, but I applaud him for trying.
President Herzog made a historic trip to Turkey where he met with Turkish President Erdogan. The hope is that the tide is turning. Turkey wants to thaw the relationship between the two countries since a series of incidents, including the Mavi Marmara flotilla, put relations on ice. So Hertzog met with Erdogan, and apparently, they had a fruitful conversation towards advancing ties. I guess he sees what’s happening in the Arab world with the Abraham accords, and he wants to get in too. We’ll see. 👀
An American tourist checking out caves around Qumran, where the dead sea scrolls were found, stumbled across a fully intact clay jug. He did the right thing and called his buddy from the antiquities authority, and they determined that it was a unique discovery from the early bronze age, think Avraham Avinu time, -3000 to 2500 BC. Cool stuff.
Finally, Bibi’s got covid. The opposition leader and former PM is resting and feeling fine, but the illness while he recuperates. So he joins the 46,000+ active cases of covid. His trial was already delayed because the judge got covid. Thankfully, the numbers continue to decline, and by the end of March, the covid rules will be scaled back even further, and we’ll go off into the sunset towards a covid-free world.
As always, I hope to make you smile with some articles and nuggets from the past week.
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Herzog: Erdogan open to true dialogue, tie-building advancing ‘under no illusions’
President hopes trip to Turkey laid groundwork for better ties between two countries; visits Neve Shalom Synagogue, scene of deadly 1986 terror attack, before returning to Israel
‘No one really believed it would happen’: first Jewish Ukrainian refugees arrive in Israel
Influx of 100,000 refugees from the war zone expected as members of the diaspora exercise the country’s law of return
American tourist stumbles upon intact Early Bronze Age pottery jug in Judean Desert
Officials say discovery at Qumran may be the first complete vessel from the period found in region’s caves
Senior Ukraine official: Bennett’s mediation is ‘good’ but Putin’s demands ‘absurd’
Chair of Kyiv parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee argues Russian leader using negotiations as cover to regroup, urges Israel to provide air defense systems
Recipe of the Week: MAQLUBA
Maqluba is Arabic for upside down, and it’s also the name of a popular Arabic dish, and it’s a one-pot dish that includes veggies, rice, and chicken or beef. I think I’ll give it a shot this week, and if you do too, please reply and let me know how it came out. Shabbat Shalom and enjoy.
Smiles of the Week
Happy Birthdays
Jacqui Zivor
Betzalel Bartfeld
Rodrigo Dzikowsky
Ariela Cohen
Gil Morik
Yitzchok Friedman
Sari Aminov
Luis Eduardo Araujo Acevedo
Sally Moghrabi
Jeanine Kescherman
Alexander Lebowitz
Naomi Lucas
Shulie Stroh, C/O Leah Stroh
Mazel Tov
Azi Maryles
Galit And Assaf Farkash
Get Well Soon
Elisheva Jansenson
Condolences
Henry Belahcen
Mr. Carmi Mizrahi And Family Ori Rbinovitz
Family Of Arlene Ruby Harel
Leigh Freedman
Shlomo Roiter
Denis Golosov
Purim Sameach!
Elisheva, Tehila, Moria, Ziva, Yonatan And Arie & Priva Stern
Mimi Skosowski
Dovid And Batsheva Lovy
Gabe Lovy
Rochel Leah Itzkowitz
Rayna Goldstein
Yitzchak Lindenbaum
Atara Lindenbaum
Jonathan And Rena Rossner And Family
The Family Of Reuven Nutkis
Gavriella Linfield
Binyomin Or Sarah Leah Levine
Coby Sorotzkin
Rabbanit Tamara Spitz
Family Jablon
Ruthie Troy
Tzvika, Rivki, V’romi Laurence V”Ronen
Moshe/Malki Laurence
Chaim Laurence
Nachie And Rivka Chaya Berman
Shuli Klein
Justin Winawer
Eli Jedwab
Naomi & Yoni Stetch And Family
Elisheva Bekritsky
Nava Krieger
Becca And Naty Benhamu
Jesse Cann
Ariel Cann
Zvi Schindel
Caleb And Penelope Goodman
Rachel And Tamar Brenman
Yechezkel Mendelson
Binyamin Zinkin
Mia Gerszberg
Bienenfeld Family
Gewirtz Family
Dalia Ratner
Noach Benz
Ilana Saad
Donny Freund
Layla Kahn
Jack Hanan
Madrichim Of Golda Ochs Neshama
David Ehrlich
Shanie Cooper
Rabbi Vernon And Bryna Kurtz
Eliana Gershan
Joshua Zimmelman
The Berzon Family
Kermaier Family
Landman Family
Ted And Evelyn Weinberger
The Berzon Family
Ezzy Wachsstock
Sarah & Avram Hein
Tamar & Michael, Er & Ot Belote
Eitan, Noam, Ella Cutler
Michal Fedowitz
Yehuda Rothschild
Shara Feit
Meira Papier
Abby Herman
Aryeh Edelheit
Meir And Adi Golan And Family
Shirley & Matthew Schein Residence
Avi, Wendy, Noa, And Barr Weiss-Simon
Tsippy Schlanger
Yehudis Kasztl
Martin Himmel
Aron Dovid And Devorah Esther Snyder
Eli Warga
Michal Lever
Sophie Bitran
Esther Klein
Hadass Tischler
Mia Mordowitz
Arie Benzel
Nechama Russler
Aaron And Shoshana Rosenzweig
Zevi And Aura Rosenzweig
Marcee Rosenzweig
Rabbi Gorenstein
Ari And David Nailand
Harav Hagaon Shlomo Moshe Amar U’ra’ayato
Abby Yeger
Ari Yeger
Aviva Sterman
Gila And Yankel Bar-Ner
Leah Oelbaum
Shmu & Hila Perl
Ida Shusterman
Isaac Anderson
Alon Yehezkel
Danny And Rina Yellin
Family Schonfeld
Peretz Eisenberg
Tamar Eisenberg
Yvonne Birenbaum
Yosef Fruhman
Avigail Rimmer
Kayla/David Avraham
Rivka And Dov Shore
The Spira-Savett Family
Malka Drang
Ian Bromberg
Sara Kaltmann
Eli Kaltmann
Eitan Szteinbaum
Marcia Chiger
Louis Leibowitz
Yoni Berg
Emily Goldberg
Victoria Valeriano
Michal Levine
Ben Jacoby
Julie Joanes
Maia Ostroff
Jonah Adler
Nurit Tamarov
Anna And David Bankier
Yael And Dudi Hershkovitz
Agi And Leon Anaf
Adina And Danny Karp
Ala Zuskin Perlman
Nitzan Rimon
Jason Zucker
Marion Rosen
Josie Mandrea
Adina And Brodsky
Teh Jakubowicz Family Brodsky
Freddy Alfaks
Rebecca Michaels
Daniel Herskowitz
Larissa Kazakevich
Irina Roskin
Rivka Bral
Nechama Notis
Naomi & Hananel Holzer Family
Barry & Mikal Verstaendig
Suzi And Avi Liberman And Family
Rena Coe
Yehuda Coe
Denise Cohen
Ness Mavorah
Cutler Family
Rochel Leah Itzkowitz
Rayna Goldstein
Yitzchak Lindenbaum
Atara Lindenbaum & Family
Jonathan And Rena Rossner And Family
The Family Of Reuven Nutkis
Gavriella Linfield
Binyomin Or Sarah Leah Levine
Josh Richton
Isaac Schapiro
Hershey And Chavi Spaeth
Dina And Simcha And Eli Himmel
Molly Cohen
Gabriella Rosman
Eitan Goodman
Molly Copley
Baruch Swinkin & Family
Mishpachat Katz
Hillel Golubtchik
Ali Lazarus
Aron And Tami And Family Goldberg
Sophia Hoffman
Ayelet Jacobson
Tamar Klein
Sharon Greenberg & Family
Yosef Fertig
Perri Lichtman
Hannah Gertler
Elinoa, Leeam, And Shiloh Kruger
Talia Chaya Cinamon
Hayden Klein
Dassy Weiss
Hannah Klerer
Aya Kaplan
Chaim Zev Mehl
Ella Keller
Noa Keller
Avraham Glatter
Sam Agronin
Aharon Teigman
Chava Levin
Ronit Lewis
Ori Lewin
Tamar Ellis
Shanie Cooper
Rabbi And Mrs. Shmuel Zucker
Jill Schanzer
Dani And Gila Gottlieb
Yosefa And Marc Krauss
Gabriela Friedman
Ariel Rosen
Gabriella Rosman
Molly Cohen
Dina And Simcha And Eli Himmel
Hershey And Chavi Spaeth
Isaac Schapiro
Josh Richton
Rachel And Joe Rosen
Jake And Sarah Korman
Joseph Korman
Rena Torczyner
Gavriel And Hodaya Lakser
Dovid Fertig
Aliza Fruchter
Yosef Fertig
Tova Z Fertig
Matisyahu Roffman
Malka Dina Roffman
Ian Hanauet
Zipora And Blum
Tsipora Johnson
Isaac And Becky Helfon
Aunt Carol & Uncle Jerry Hait
Estee Lightstone
Gotch And Ruthie Yudin
Yossi Newman
Jonah Hoffman
Daniel Glick
Freud Family
Family Wagshal
Talia Feingold
Benny Gluck
Gavi Berman
Eliav Simnegar
Simnegar Family
Kayla Frenkel
Dovid Neuman
Zack Asher Neuman
Erenthal Family
Josie Mandrea
Yael Krantz
Caren And Steve Weisberg
Marietta Slifkin
Mavis Rosenstein
Kayla Gershkovich
Julia – Semester Program Hyett
Freddy Alfaks
Avi Weitz
Timna Taub
Ivan Endelman
Tova Ellenberg
Donna & Noah Greenberg
Yosh And Chana Wertheimer Wertheimer
Lauren, Dov And Family Greenberg
Dov& Hanna Halperin
Nikki Jonas
Lincoln Aftergood
Polly Zarzhevsky
Moshe & Tova Simmon
Hahna Geela Fagan
Lior Azuri
Ari Ginsberg
Timna Taub
Marlene And Stuart Horowitz
Rabbi Michael Olshin
Aron And Tami And Family Goldberg
Rabbi Gil Elmaleh
Rabbi Avi Schneider
Tiferet Weissman
Kenneth Milgram
Rabbi Yisroel Feld
Rabbi Lazaros And Family
Daniella Garson
Meira Garson
Ytzik & Dena Atoon
Jonathan Katz
Marcia Chiger
Eli Gershuny
Mishpachat Goldberg
Mishpachat Kierman
Mishpachat Blaustein
Mishpachat Cohen
Ariel Greenberg
Maya Ellie Geduld
Susie Schiff
Lauren Shoub
Esther & Doug May
Shikma And Liron Yaniv
Atara Weil
Yonat Stav
Ezra Baron
Shira And Gavri Slasky
Stefanie Leavitt
Yonat Stav
Rachel Gastwirth
Melamed Family
Gold Family
Rosenfeld Family
Yossi Bart
Chaya Gelbstein
Yosef Roth
Tova And David Orenbuch
Linda & David Hallac
The Chestermans Home
The Dehan Family
Tzvi, Bracha, Nechama Aliza And Binyamin Blonder
The Bleier Family
Shayna Slatkin
Simi Schwartz
Rabbi Dr. Yisroel Meir And Rivki Kleinman
Liora Gold
Yonah Bastomski
Lauren Abraham
Ella Susman
Anna Hersh
Louisa Susman
Helen Hersh
David Hersh
Shoshana Braier
Charlotte, And Morry And Families Blumenfeld
David And Emunah Pellow
Miriam And Hagai Ben Yashar
Judith And Beni Levy
David And Emunah Pellow
Robinson Family
Russell And Sari Mayer And Family
Yaacov & Shanie Cooper And Boys
The Kalish Family Residence
Moishe Kolton And Family
Avi Goldberg And City Of Gold Staff
Shifra & Yossi Goldin And Family
Rabbi And Reb Bleier Familyteitelbaum
Manoel And Anita Barenbein
Yossi And Chaya Statman
Donny Recht
Mia Hahn
David Porat
Eli Gershuny
Baruch Family
Leman Family
Hannah Berman
Zev Bell
Jacob Schwartz
Yonatan Gross
Judah Teitelbaum
Benjamin Merkin
Marc Rubin
Meital Fuksbrumer
Jonah Eisenberg
Adi And Ilan Mogil
Noa And Yehuda Salzberg
Mr. & Mrs. Litton & Family
Daniel And Shira Neuman
Rafi And Vered Lefkowitz
Jonah Hoffman
Family Goldsmith
The Goldberg Family
Devorah Solomon
Shmuel, Esti, Atara And Gaia Appleton
Asher/Talya Remer
Evan Sankar
Kenny Koslowe
Pamela Posner
Etelleah Zeitlin
Binyomin Zeitlin
Jessie Tiersky
Ella Hiltzik
Jason Sherman
Adena Fiederer
Cindy Halpert
Sendor Bree
Janna Zelichenok
Gwenn Normile
Justin Winawer
Alex Veitsman
Michael Greenberg
Emily Weintraub
Eli Zellner
Rachel Rosenblum
Nechama Rosenblum
Moshe And Sara Kuperman
Family Berkowitz
Esther Mintz
Avi Eckstein
Nechama & Barry Munic
Kinderlach Hus
Zehava & Shmuel Elitzur
Ilan Weiss
Jerry Natkin
Moshe (Michael) Jacobson
Harbor Family
Ori Lewin
Leo And Faigy Davids
J. Mark Interiors
Judy And Immanuel Bernstein
Sarah And Yisrael Blassberger,
C/O Bernstein
Hazzan Jack Chomsky
Shimon Yehuda (Yudi) Zuckerberg
Leah Oelbaum
Nesanel Dietz (For Landa Family)
Aaron Cohen
Jon, Leslie And Itai Feinberg
Hadar & Ayala Malka Feinberg
Ellie Avner
Hannah And Avi Zuber
Josh Krause
Zachary Davidson
Alexa Szafranski
Koby Bernstein
Gavi Bernstein
Dina And Avi Altschuler
Rachel Goldsher
Hindy Ginsberg
Joseph Seidman
Shalva Kids
Sarah Sander
Joseph Singer
The Beshansky Family Home
Elan Wasserman
Bezalel& Dora Safran
Harav Yigal Shafran
Adina & Yitzy Kletzel & Family
Natan & Aliza Safran
Mishpachat Pavlov
Sara & Louis Jay
Daniel, Leah, And Kids Abrishami
Maslaton Family
Yitzchak Sasson
Rabbi Stuart And Ruth Fischman
David And Michelle Frankel
Shayndi,Dov, Moshe And Zalman Raice Weiss
Rivi Frankel
Anat Rubin
Chaim And Pircha Solovechik
Jeff Holland
Shulem Meir Itzkowitz
Yaakov, Moshe Chaim, Dovi, Sara, Doniel And Ari Lieberman
Debbie And Arthur Lampert
Abigail Meital Shifman
Shaina Malka Shifman
Leah And Zvi Klein
Shaul And Rachel Ringler
Ayala Feder
Amy Kirshner
Yael Rosen
Chananel Yarkoni
Reuben Stein
Aaron Feinblatt
Gavi Weiner
Rafael Lefkowitz
Isaac And Becky Helfon
Craig & Fredi Weiss
Dara And Robby Grossman
Dlila Hikry-Abraham And Family
Shelly Guttman @Ilana Arlin
Yossi And Miri Weinrib
Benjy And Hadassah Lamm
Jordan Sumberg
Penina Ziv
Megan Kaplan
Chaya Warren
Isaac Kroub
Ethan Garson
Yitzchak Benasaraf
Zachary Fagin
Tabby Rudolph
Daniel & Leah Abrishami
Doni Wolf
Broder Family
Adina Haddad
Rachel Assis
Zachary Maryles
Moshe Glasser
Brody Family Home
Chavi Skolnick
Jonathan Zughaft’
Arlene And Shai Goldstein
Dr Simeon Baumel & Family
Mrs Miriam Baumel
Mr. And Mrs. Morley Donn
Mr. David Majer And Family
Mr. And Mrs. David Unterberg
Dr. And Mrs. Alan Rubinow
Dr. And Mrs. Eli Gazala
Mr. And Mrs. Shaya Bernstein
Dr. And Mrs. Steven Eisenberg
Kfir And Michal Yaniv
Shlomo And Orit Fadida
Mr. And Mrs. Avi Majer
Rabbi And Mrs. Daniel Haberman
Yoel Seligman
Meira Weinstock
Sina & Ido Nechushtan
Oppenheim Family
Esther Sherman
Dr. & Mrs. Heller
Eric And Pearl Mattenson
Shaindel And Tom Steinberg
Chaya Leah Weinick
Joan Laurence And Family
Tzvi And Aleeza Benasouli
Leah Horowitz
Raphael, Mira And Yaffa Chalamish
Tabby Rudolph
Dovid Menkes
Mutzie And Michael Wreschner
Mr. And Mrs. Elkouby
Leubitz Family
Simnegar Family
David Tsadok
Anthony Brehm
Nosson Kohn
Tehilla Aminov
Lee Nadler
Michael Amidon
Neomi Elad
Ehrman Family
Rav Yair Eisenstock
Rav Ely Allen
Avigayil And Dr Yitzchak Kanarek
Racheli Blanchay
Eliana & Netanel Klein
Liora Paltiel
Gila Sheps
Dina And Asher Feuchtwenger
Elan Finkelstein
Max Berger
Ilana, Noam And Kids Weisberg
Liz,Eran,Yanai,Dolev Kapash
Moshe Wieder
Kayla Lunger
Avrumy Lunger
Id And Mazal Afergan
Daniel Landis
Mrs. Hannah Paul
Emily Rosenberg
Sherrill And Jeffey Kaye
Eva Polak
Caroline Brauner
Moshe And Zahava Birenstock
Jake, Shelley, Rebecca & Naomi Allen
Yehuda And Raphael Green And Mizrahi
Rabbi Rafael Souda
Sarah And Roy Day
Matan Marcus-Neuman
Elad And Galit Hazan
Penina Laub
Yosef Fleischman
Elyon Topolosky
Aliza Florenthal
Rosie Prince
Aaron & Irene Goldberg
Nechama & Avrum Becker
Moshe Friedman
Shlomo Pollack
Simcha, Avi & Ari Biton Shack
Tali & Elie Rosenberg & Family
Yehuda Mazin
Jane Teitz
Molly Glicksman
Ethan Davidson
Shira Glicksman (Garin Tzabar)
Drorit And Avi Weiss
Rebecca Sacks
Inbar And Jerrold Rapaport
Yoel Deutsch
Shlomo And Nava Javaherian
Sally Moghrabi
Inna Shmulevsky
Adira Waldman
Rock And Hillel Davis
Shuli And Eddie Lazar
Moshe And Emina David
Sarah Helman
Ayala & Shlomo Amir
Howard Rosman
Naftali Amster
Shira Gottlieb/Rosenzweig
Miss and Love You
Rebekah Grzebinski
Micah Rishe
Emily Aminov
Michelle Goldwasser
Reuben Azose
Rivkah Wyner
Thank You
Orah Rosenfeld
Raphael Poch
Batsheva Lovy
Devorah Scheinerman
Uri Lesmes
Ester Segal
Marcelle Machluf
Tomer Dahan
Eitan Caspi
