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On Shabbos Shemini Atzeres as news set in of the horrors in Eretz Yisrael, the New York Police Department wasted no time in arranging plans locally should a need arise. Unprecedented times call for extraordinary measures. At 4 p.m. on Yom Tov, I joined over 70 New York City Jewish community leaders to learn of updates on the situation in Israel and of concerns around New York. Commissioner Caban was delighted to learn that a security plan was in place in every region of the city to hastily get a message out to the community should there be a dire situation during Yom Tov. The security personnel present knew the communities they serve inside and out and would be able to coordinate an appropriate plan if necessary.

Let me introduce four clients and their Jerusalem real estate goals: Ariel, an Israeli living abroad for the next 8 years, wants to move into a modern 3-bedroom apartment upon his return to Israel. Batsheva lives in Israel and her goal is to move into a 4-bedroom apartment in 15 years. Chava lives overseas and would love to move into a 3-bedroom apartment when she retires and makes aliyah in 10 years. Finally, David wants to buy an investment with strong upside potential but limited downside risk.

Yaniv

This is Yaniv Sarudi. Eyewitness account: Yaniv picked up 9 fleeing and wounded people in his regular car along the way as they were being attacked by terrorists in southern Israel. He drove them to an IDF base, but that base was under Hamas control. He kept driving under constant fire and waited with the injured two more hours until IDF special forces arrived. He died from his injuries but saved 8 lives.

Recently, my neighbor, a soldier in the IDF, took me up to the northern slope of Dagan Hill in Efrat to show me the efforts that he and other volunteers, both young and old, make to keep the land as part of the city. The volunteers regularly go and plant trees and set up paths. Their enthusiasm and love for the land is what keeps them coming back, despite the sabotage of neighboring Arabs who seek to take control of the area. Trees planted have been regularly uprooted and the paths made by the volunteers have repeatedly been destroyed. The ground shows the remains of damage caused by Molotov cocktails thrown. Not long ago, a motorcyclist from the nearby city of Beit Lechem tossed a firebomb at recently planted trees with the clear intent of engulfing the area, including nearby homes in flames. He managed to get away. A guard-booth set up by the IDF during the time of the Oslo Accords, (1993) is along the path. An Israeli flag hangs upon its roof.  The flag has been torn down and replaced numerous times.

On the ground in Eretz Yisrael and currently unable to return to Queens due to the circumstances, Yaakov Serle, on behalf of his wife Atara, shared their story with Rabbi Peretz Eichler on his weekly radio show. The following is a transcription.

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