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DREAMS COME TRUE
BNEI BRAKJOURNEYTO
THE ALIYAH OF THE
FRIEDMAN FAMILY
IDsoReseYaoudriCnhgilda: SStSrSStturttrugrrSSuuuSggSttgtgggrrltreruugglugueggllgeeglgggeglleell?ee In this time of terrorism, hatred, and incitement against
Avoid reading? Jewry worldwide, a sense of security is very much lacking
Have poor comprehension? Your child can have in a majority of people’s lives. Where can one turn and
Skip words or re-read lines? 20/20 eyesight, receive reassurance? A corner of security however, can be
Have a tracking problem? yet lack the found in the city of Bnei Brak. Known as “a city of Torah,”
Close or cover one eye? visual skills its great number of giants in Torah grant protection to
Complain of headaches? critical for reading. the city’s inhabitants. As the Chazon Ish promised a few
Take forever to do homework? generations ago, “A missile won’t fall in Bnei Brak.”
Have history of concussion Find out if an undiagnosed Located on Israel’s central Mediterranean coastal plain,
vision problem is keeping Bnei Brak has seen much change from its agricultural start
©The Advertiser 410-764-3787 your child from achieving in 1924. Over the years, an urban shape took form, and
to full potential. today, there is even a large Coca-Cola bottling factory at its
entrance. Bnei Brak also contains a frum hospital,
Major Medical insurance may Memayanai Hayeshua.
cover testing and treatment.
The bustling city that greeted me as I alighted from the
Visit www.VLCA.com to sign up for bus teamed with shops of every kind at every junction, and
our FREE monthly seminars. people filled its streets. The common thread for the city’s res-
idents is that their lives center around Torah learning and
CaVeniinndstiPoeCirnokselTuLshomvecilbralaeitapeyd chesed.
Dr. Michael Kotlicky Most children who are raised in Bnei Brak remain after
marriage in the warm cocoon of their large extended fami-
Developmental Optometrist ,ca rnua lies. I wonder, though, what brings others, especially
410-730-5808 • www.vlca.com chutznikim (immigrants) to join life there. I sit down on a
shaded park bench and chat with Mrs. Sheryl Friedman
8827 Columbia 100 Pkwy Columbia, MD 21045 about her family’s aliyah experience and why she and her
30 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
BNEI BRAKJOURNEYTO
THE ALIYAH OF THE
FRIEDMAN FAMILY
IDsoReseYaoudriCnhgilda: SStSrSStturttrugrrSSuuuSggSttgtgggrrltreruugglugueggllgeeglgggeglleell?ee In this time of terrorism, hatred, and incitement against
Avoid reading? Jewry worldwide, a sense of security is very much lacking
Have poor comprehension? Your child can have in a majority of people’s lives. Where can one turn and
Skip words or re-read lines? 20/20 eyesight, receive reassurance? A corner of security however, can be
Have a tracking problem? yet lack the found in the city of Bnei Brak. Known as “a city of Torah,”
Close or cover one eye? visual skills its great number of giants in Torah grant protection to
Complain of headaches? critical for reading. the city’s inhabitants. As the Chazon Ish promised a few
Take forever to do homework? generations ago, “A missile won’t fall in Bnei Brak.”
Have history of concussion Find out if an undiagnosed Located on Israel’s central Mediterranean coastal plain,
vision problem is keeping Bnei Brak has seen much change from its agricultural start
©The Advertiser 410-764-3787 your child from achieving in 1924. Over the years, an urban shape took form, and
to full potential. today, there is even a large Coca-Cola bottling factory at its
entrance. Bnei Brak also contains a frum hospital,
Major Medical insurance may Memayanai Hayeshua.
cover testing and treatment.
The bustling city that greeted me as I alighted from the
Visit www.VLCA.com to sign up for bus teamed with shops of every kind at every junction, and
our FREE monthly seminars. people filled its streets. The common thread for the city’s res-
idents is that their lives center around Torah learning and
CaVeniinndstiPoeCirnokselTuLshomvecilbralaeitapeyd chesed.
Dr. Michael Kotlicky Most children who are raised in Bnei Brak remain after
marriage in the warm cocoon of their large extended fami-
Developmental Optometrist ,ca rnua lies. I wonder, though, what brings others, especially
410-730-5808 • www.vlca.com chutznikim (immigrants) to join life there. I sit down on a
shaded park bench and chat with Mrs. Sheryl Friedman
8827 Columbia 100 Pkwy Columbia, MD 21045 about her family’s aliyah experience and why she and her
30 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
