Jewish Tragedy

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Events, Fundraising, Jewish Moment, Non-Profit, Other

Much has been written and spoken about the tragedy in Pittsburgh which killed eleven Jews who were atttending Shabbat prayer services in the Synagogue. This incident has had a sobering and horrifying effect on not only the people of the congregation and the neighborhood, but on good and caring people everywhere, throughout the United States …

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Pray at the Kotel

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment

For the past few years I have been professionally involved with the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Netanya, Israel.The work is rewarding and I have very special affinity to our donors and friends. Whenever I travel to Israel to visit the home, I always make it a point to visit the Kotel and pray for the …

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May She Be Blessed

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Each Friday night our girls at Lev Lalev receive the special blessing, you should merit a life which mirrors the lives of our matriachs, Sarah, Rivka, Rochel, and Leah. This week’s Parsha discusses the life of Sarah. She lived to the age of 127, and was the life partner of Abraham. Together they built a …

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Resilience

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Other

Our girls at the Lev Lalev Orphanage in Netanya, Israel know what tragedy is in their young lives. In their young lives one or both of their parents have either died or have been institutionalized. They have felt the loss of family, of community, and of neighborhood. So, when they learned of the murder at …

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Mishane Makom, Mishane Mazel

| By Shimon Pepper
Categories: Jewish Moment, Other

Changing places, can change our mazal. In this week’s Torah portion, Hashem commands Avraham, “Go far from your land, your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” For Avraham to build a legacy and a new nation, had to break with the past and embrace the future. For …

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