<b>This episode is sponsored by Eden Beit Shemesh. Contact Rina Weinberg at <a href="https://edenbeitshemesh.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">info@edenbeitshemesh.com</a> for more details.</b><br /><b></b><br />In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcast</i>, we talk to Mickey and Ortal Flaumenhaft—David Bashevkin’s Israeli neighbors in Teaneck—about their experiences living Jewishly in three different countries. <br /><br />When the Flaumenhafts were in Israel for their son’s bar mitzvah on October 7, Mickey made the decision to join his unit in Gaza. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>What does a couple consider when making the decision to leave Israel? </li><li>What can Americans learn from the way Judaism permeates Israeli culture?</li><li>How has the American Jewish community’s connection to Israel deepened since October 7?</li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about what it means to hold the entirety of the Jewish People in our hearts, no matter where we might be. <br /><br />Interview begins at 7:45.<br /><b><br /></b>Mickey Flaumenhaft is the Director of Development at American Friends of Migdal Ohr, a welfare organization for Israel’s orphaned and at-risk youth. Mickey served reservist duty in Gaza this past year. Ortal Flaumenhaft is a first-grade teacher for Hebrew and Judaic studies at Yeshivat He'Atid in Teaneck.<br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Country-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/081297736X" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Man Without a Country</a> </i>by Kurt Vonnegut<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Fractured-World-Ethics-Responsibility/dp/0805211969" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility</a></i> by Jonathan Sacks<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Rabbah-Commentary-Abraham-Hakohen/dp/1947857118" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah with the Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Isaac </a></i><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Rabbah-Commentary-Abraham-Hakohen/dp/1947857118" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hakohen Kook</a></i> by Bezalel Naor<br /><br /><i>18Forty Podcast</i>: “<a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/rav-kook-mysticism-zionism/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bezalel Naor: Rav Kook’s Mystical Vision of Zionism</a>”<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.

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Mickey and Ortal Flaumenhaft: Diaspora Differences: Israelis Come to Teaneck [Israel & Diaspora 5/5]

DEC 10, 202469 MIN
18Forty Podcast

Mickey and Ortal Flaumenhaft: Diaspora Differences: Israelis Come to Teaneck [Israel & Diaspora 5/5]

DEC 10, 202469 MIN

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<b>This episode is sponsored by Eden Beit Shemesh. Contact Rina Weinberg at <a href="https://edenbeitshemesh.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[email protected]</a> for more details.</b><br /><b></b><br />In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcast</i>, we talk to Mickey and Ortal Flaumenhaft—David Bashevkin’s Israeli neighbors in Teaneck—about their experiences living Jewishly in three different countries. <br /><br />When the Flaumenhafts were in Israel for their son’s bar mitzvah on October 7, Mickey made the decision to join his unit in Gaza. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>What does a couple consider when making the decision to leave Israel? </li><li>What can Americans learn from the way Judaism permeates Israeli culture?</li><li>How has the American Jewish community’s connection to Israel deepened since October 7?</li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about what it means to hold the entirety of the Jewish People in our hearts, no matter where we might be. <br /><br />Interview begins at 7:45.<br /><b><br /></b>Mickey Flaumenhaft is the Director of Development at American Friends of Migdal Ohr, a welfare organization for Israel’s orphaned and at-risk youth. Mickey served reservist duty in Gaza this past year. Ortal Flaumenhaft is a first-grade teacher for Hebrew and Judaic studies at Yeshivat He'Atid in Teaneck.<br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Without-Country-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/081297736X" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Man Without a Country</a> </i>by Kurt Vonnegut<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Fractured-World-Ethics-Responsibility/dp/0805211969" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility</a></i> by Jonathan Sacks<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Rabbah-Commentary-Abraham-Hakohen/dp/1947857118" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Legends of Rabbah Bar Bar Hannah with the Commentary of Rabbi Abraham Isaac </a></i><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Rabbah-Commentary-Abraham-Hakohen/dp/1947857118" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hakohen Kook</a></i> by Bezalel Naor<br /><br /><i>18Forty Podcast</i>: “<a href="https://18forty.org/podcast/rav-kook-mysticism-zionism/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bezalel Naor: Rav Kook’s Mystical Vision of Zionism</a>”<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.