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Deborah Fineblum

Deborah Fineblum

Deborah Fineblum is a freelance writer and book author who made aliyah on July 4, 2013.

“We’ve heard about antisemitism around the world but thought there was nothing to worry about here,” says Australian Ronny Krite, who was on the scene on Dec. 14 in the midst of mayhem.
I can’t help but perceive the actions of these past few weeks as somewhat biblical in nature.
Compelling evidence that, like at Sinai, a single moment of Godly revelation begets another and another and another.
“Nobody was doing this for Jewish food, and I felt it really needed to be done. So, I thought, why not me?” says Sarah Nathan.
Down through the ages, Jews have gathered with family and friends on the seder night to relive their people’s most dramatic and defining moment in history. This year, it’s especially so.
“What’s amazing is how, despite these horrendous losses, they just got up and started all over again; there’s so much we can learn from that,” says Yael Richler-Friedman, who directs education for Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
From Tunis, Ethiopia and Holon to Los Angeles and New York, the makings of an oil-rich, taste-tingling Chanukah that touches on many Jewish traditions.
“After so many rounds of rockets and having to run into the shelter, you learn to see the underlying symptoms in each child.”
“My grandparents rubbed a Jewish life off on me, and I’m hoping to rub it off on my grandkids,” says 68-year-old Josh Engman.