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Dovid Zaklikowski

“My writing gives me great satisfaction,” said the author, who passed away on June 14. “I have a push to tell the story. Life continues to give me ideas, and in this land, there is no shortage of subjects [to write about].”
Later in her career, the diplomat acknowledged her failures in forging peace with Israel, saying that while there are a number of different ways to deal with it, the “way for these two peoples to live together it is on the table, it has been there, and I think it requires the political will.
“52 Shabbats” promises more than just a good meal; it is also a Jewish journey of sorts.
It was perhaps resilience that Dole admired most. And he saw that trait in the Jewish people.
He was considered one of the great Jewish ethicists, lecturing and writing on Jewish law and medicine. He covered such subjects as the Human Genome Project, neonatal salvage, the use of mood-modifying drugs, stem-cell research, organ donation and experimental treatments on human beings.
With the vaccinations, people are starting to feel a sense of security, which Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles says is the “idea of finding ourselves once again, preparing to receive Torah anew, which we could not do together in the past year.”
For artist Chanale Fellig-Harrel, music during this time on the calendar is akin to “a treat that we get once in a while.”
For decades, the blessings recited for the royal family—“He who gives salvation to kings … may He bless our sovereign lady, Queen Elizabeth, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh … and all the royal family”—were missing for Prince Philip.