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May 2013

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      KI Rabbi Home Safe from Boston Marathon

       

      By Ginny Cohen

      Special to HAKOL

      An enthusiastic participant in this year's Boston Marathon, Rabbi Seth Phillips crossed the finish line about two minutes before two explosions shook Boylston Street. Phillips heard the loud boom, saw the smoke, but said he was unaware of the true danger until he heard a news report in the taxicab that he was taking to Logan Airport. 

       

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      Beyond the Numbers, Pictures

       

      By Stephanie Smartschan

      JFLV Director of Marketing

       

      Everyone knows the number. It begins with a "six" and is followed by six zeroes. Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.

       

      But how many can you name? If your list begins and ends with Anne Frank, or maybe even the two or three other names that have become synonymous with such an overwhelming tragedy, then you are doing a great disservice to the memory of those who perished, said Dr. Rachel Korazim, an Israeli Holocaust expert and daughter of Holocaust survivors, she spoke at the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley's Yom Hashoah commemoration on April 7.

       

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      This Memorial Day, Thank a Soldier or Veteran

       

      By Jerry Farris

      Special to HAKOL

       

      ... There are many veterans in our Jewish community. Many have gone unrecognized for their service; and we often do not know they served until they are no longer with us. We only find out later, when it is too late to say, "Thank you."

       

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      Lone Soldier Writes Home

       

      By Sami Meir-Levi

      Special to HAKOL

       

      In my past articles I may have mentioned that I wanted to be a tank instructor, then a physical trainer. Well, I'm not doing either of those things. At first, I was a little upset, but I wound up loving my new course. In English, my unit is called COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories). It's very interesting. Since some jobs in our unit require us to speak Arabic, I'm also learning Arabic in Hebrew, which is even more complicated than it sounds.

       

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