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𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙄𝙎𝙍𝘼𝙀𝙇-𝙒𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙔𝙊𝙐

And now for something different…In one week we mark 4 months into this unasked-for war. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 ✈️ 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 🇮🇱 Yes, you are reading correctly. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 ✈️ 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 🇮🇱 We are your brothers and sisters and this is the hardest time our country has ever known. We are truly grateful for the millions of 💵 you have sent us, but 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

While it is hard to explain, life here has moved to what we sadly call, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫.. Each morning, our hearts skip a beat until the announcements of the war casualties at 6 am. If there are none, we breathe easier that day. If it’s a bad day, we go about our lives with a heavy heart 😔 and take comfort knowing that every single one of us is feeling the same way. No explanations needed to anyone, anywhere. We think incessantly about the hostages, feeling the chill in their not-warmly-dressed-enough bones during these freezing and rainy times. And we go through our days a little less carefree knowing that at least 100,000 of our people have no idea when they will again sleep in their own beds. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭?

1)Jews all over the world have 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 to the slaughter in the South. 10’s of 1000’s do the March of the Living in Poland every year. Well, sadly, there is no need to wait half a century to commemorate this tragedy.

2)The unprecedented 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 could use your help. Light (or heavy) farming, cooking, packing food parcels, delivering meals, sorting clothes, setting up apartments for evacuees, visiting recovering soldiers, making shiva calls, and literally hundreds of other tasks await you.

3)If you are not inclined to volunteer, then come here and 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, who has to sleep, eat and be busy, providing much needed income to hotels, restaurants, shops, rental car companies, and tour guides (personal plug for David Ebstein!)

4)We want to 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 about your experiences being our advocates in your countries, and what it feels like to deal with raw anti-Semitism.

𝐇𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬…

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥: I am sure the death toll in your home city from crime/car accidents/mass shootings is 100’s of times higher than anything happening here now to people who aren’t soldiers on the Northern or Southern border (even when you factor in the occasional terror incident).
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐝𝐨? Everything is open except for things very close to the Northern or Southern borders. All major tourist attractions are open, and there are no lines. It’s easy to get reservations at restaurants that normally have long lead times. And everyone will greet you with a welcoming smile (well, almost everyone, these are Israelis after all😉) and a thank you for coming.
𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰: I know people who still talk about how life changing it was for them when they came to Israel to volunteer during the 67’ and 73’ wars. Today’s volunteers are reporting similar experiences. The time is now.
𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞: There are at least 4 major airlines flying now (United, Delta, American and El-Al) with more to come, so the airfares are becoming more competitive.
𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: I can send you links to companies that will happily insure you (just don’t use IMGlobal-but that is another story).
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐬: Most hotels do not have evacuees in them. There are plenty of available rooms.
𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞: If you can’t entice anyone you know into joining you, there are literally thousands of people visiting and volunteering all over Israel. You will make friends everywhere you go, and you wan’t be alone for long…
𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥: There is volunteer work that can be done sitting down.
𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: there are organized trips going all the time, or you can pay someone to put together a trip for you and your friends.

I hope this has been compelling for you. Here is my final thought…𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 - a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a renewal of your wedding vows, a major birthday, a promotion at work, the birth of a grandchild, recovery from an illness etc etc.
Please reach out to me if you have any questions, and PLEASE SHARE THIS everywhere you think it needs to be seen. 𝐀𝐌 𝐘𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈! 🇮🇱💙🇮🇱💙🇮🇱!

Come to Israel- We Need You! From the blog of Rena Magun at The Times of Israel

Anyone I know coming from the US to Jerusalem for Rosh HaShana? 🍎🍏 I need a new credit card and am looking for someone willing to receive it by delivery at their home and then carry it for me. Thanking you in advance. 🙏🏼🙏🏼