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Life Response of Maryland – certain newspapers in this country, I guess you’d imagine that
In Our 27th Year! the general attitude towards Israel would be pretty negative,
but that hasn’t been my experience at all. Every month I am
410-833-1067 invited to attend a meeting of wives of various ambassadors,
congressmen, and administration officials, and what I’ve
found is that most people are deeply impressed and inspired
by Israel. And why shouldn’t they be? Israel is only 68 years
old, but this past year, we ranked number eight on a list of
the most powerful countries in the world. We have the
strongest military in the Middle East, and one of the
strongest in the world.
At the same time, Israel has become a true center of tech-
nological innovation. We are global leaders in water conser-
vation, science, medicine, and cyber security. What’s more, we
have accomplished all of this while being the most endan-
gered democracy on earth, constantly defending ourselves
against war and terror. And most important of all, in defend-
ing ourselves, in building our country, and in constantly
showing a willingness to make peace, Israel has remained
true to its highest ideals. Though our enemies characterize
us in the worst terms imaginable – as war criminals, mon-
sters, and even as Nazis – the Israeli people are in fact excep-
tionally kind and compassionate, decent and moral.
And of course, when people think about Israel, they aren’t
just thinking about what we have accomplished over the last
68 years. They are thinking about an ancient people who
2,000 years ago were exiled from their land and were relegat-
ed by nearly everyone to the dustbin of history. They are
thinking about how, against all the odds, this very same peo-
ple gathered itself from the four corners of the earth,
returned to its ancestral homeland, and regained its sover-
eignty. They are thinking about what a miracle that is, and
they are rightly impressed and inspired!
“Seniors who use a PERS system live in their home six WWW: Has your Bais Yaakov education helped you in your
years longer than those that don’t!” current rule?
RD: My Bais Yaakov education has definitely helped me, and
(AC Nielson Study as quoted in The Senior Solution: A Family in fact, I think about Bais Yaakov often. When I was in high
Guide to Keeping Seniors Home for Life)
school, Rabbi Binyomin Steinberg, z”l, was the principal. As
• Providing 24hour monitored some of your readers may recall, he would often take us to
PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems)
• Local, Personal service local parks for cookouts and hikes. During those trips, he
• We install and service equipment in your home
• Works with all types of phone service- Even no Phone Service would always insist that we behave with the utmost decorum,
• Free Installation in our local area when you mention this ad
and at the end of each trip, he would always remind us to
clean up after ourselves and to thank the bus driver. In this
way, he instilled in us the understanding that, whether we
liked it or not, our behavior could affect not only how other
people saw us as individuals but also what they thought of
Jews as a whole. That’s why acting inappropriately would be
a chilul Hashem and why acting appropriately would be a
kiddush Hashem.
Today, I have no doubt that by emphasizing the concept of
kiddush Hashem in this way, Rabbi Steinberg made it easier
for me to transition from being a mother living in Jerusalem
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Life Response of Maryland – certain newspapers in this country, I guess you’d imagine that
In Our 27th Year! the general attitude towards Israel would be pretty negative,
but that hasn’t been my experience at all. Every month I am
410-833-1067 invited to attend a meeting of wives of various ambassadors,
congressmen, and administration officials, and what I’ve
found is that most people are deeply impressed and inspired
by Israel. And why shouldn’t they be? Israel is only 68 years
old, but this past year, we ranked number eight on a list of
the most powerful countries in the world. We have the
strongest military in the Middle East, and one of the
strongest in the world.
At the same time, Israel has become a true center of tech-
nological innovation. We are global leaders in water conser-
vation, science, medicine, and cyber security. What’s more, we
have accomplished all of this while being the most endan-
gered democracy on earth, constantly defending ourselves
against war and terror. And most important of all, in defend-
ing ourselves, in building our country, and in constantly
showing a willingness to make peace, Israel has remained
true to its highest ideals. Though our enemies characterize
us in the worst terms imaginable – as war criminals, mon-
sters, and even as Nazis – the Israeli people are in fact excep-
tionally kind and compassionate, decent and moral.
And of course, when people think about Israel, they aren’t
just thinking about what we have accomplished over the last
68 years. They are thinking about an ancient people who
2,000 years ago were exiled from their land and were relegat-
ed by nearly everyone to the dustbin of history. They are
thinking about how, against all the odds, this very same peo-
ple gathered itself from the four corners of the earth,
returned to its ancestral homeland, and regained its sover-
eignty. They are thinking about what a miracle that is, and
they are rightly impressed and inspired!
“Seniors who use a PERS system live in their home six WWW: Has your Bais Yaakov education helped you in your
years longer than those that don’t!” current rule?
RD: My Bais Yaakov education has definitely helped me, and
(AC Nielson Study as quoted in The Senior Solution: A Family in fact, I think about Bais Yaakov often. When I was in high
Guide to Keeping Seniors Home for Life)
school, Rabbi Binyomin Steinberg, z”l, was the principal. As
• Providing 24hour monitored some of your readers may recall, he would often take us to
PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems)
• Local, Personal service local parks for cookouts and hikes. During those trips, he
• We install and service equipment in your home
• Works with all types of phone service- Even no Phone Service would always insist that we behave with the utmost decorum,
• Free Installation in our local area when you mention this ad
and at the end of each trip, he would always remind us to
clean up after ourselves and to thank the bus driver. In this
way, he instilled in us the understanding that, whether we
liked it or not, our behavior could affect not only how other
people saw us as individuals but also what they thought of
Jews as a whole. That’s why acting inappropriately would be
a chilul Hashem and why acting appropriately would be a
kiddush Hashem.
Today, I have no doubt that by emphasizing the concept of
kiddush Hashem in this way, Rabbi Steinberg made it easier
for me to transition from being a mother living in Jerusalem
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