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My Trip To North Dakota

“What did you say? Uh, why are you going there?”

On Sunday evening, July 31, Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem Bernfeld featured a virtual shiur by Rabbi Dov Brezak, famous Jewish educator and author.

A Life Of Resilience And Positivity In The Face Of Adversity

Mrs. Hannah Deutch just celebrated her 101^st birthday at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She is a Holocaust survivor; listening to her life story, you learn history, but you also learn about resilience and courage in the face of adversity. She exudes a love of life and people, and it is truly inspiring to hear her story and how she forged ahead no matter what.

On Tish’ah B’Av, Mr. David Linn, author of an upcoming sefer on sh’miras ha’lashon, Shmirah Ba’Shavua, and longtime teacher of sefer Chofetz Chaim, shared an inspiring shiur on the purity of speech at the Jewish Heritage Center in Kew Gardens Hills and at Havurat Yisrael in Forest Hills. It was sponsored by Lewis and Beth Gray in memory of their dear friend Israel Zwick – Yisrael ben Yosef z”l.

On Sunday evening, July 2, Let’s Get Real With Coach Menachem featured Rabbi Yosef Sonnenschein, Menahel of Lander College, in a virtual shiur discussing the art of trust in communicating with our teenagers as emerging adults.

Sadly, again this year, again on Tish’ah B’Av, we sat on the floor and mourned the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. Thankfully, Chazaq and Beth Gavriel hosted a Tish’ah B’Av learning program at Beth Gavriel with fantastic speakers every half hour during the day, from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Charlie Harary spoke at night.