Baila, who fled Nazi Europe as a young girl, wept as her 5-year-old granddaughter kissed a mezuzah for the first time. Paula, who grew up in New Jersey and married a non-Jew, has mixed feelings about her own daughter's discovery of Judaism...
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Wow! As a shlucha here in Uruguay I feel and see this every day...
Thank you for writing this article that expresses what I feel in such a clear and moving way.
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A beautiful blend of an historical story and an important lesson for our people, thank you for the warm words of inspiration.
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Very well written account of what all us shluchim are very familiar with, Thank you chabad.org for a wonderful site, that every Jew can be proud of!
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I am very impressed with your article. Keep it up.
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Some forty years ago, I met the "Jewish Deputy" to the Dominican legislature. He related that when they were buiding the Synagogue in Santo Domingo, Yoseph Caro, dean of the Dominican school of architecture, appeared and asserted that he should be the one to design the building. His family claimed descent from the author of the Shulchan Aruch, although they had long ago assimilated.
It is also quite possible that a president of the country was a Sephardic Jew.
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Being "Debra", I really enjoyed reading this article. I'm happy to say that I still am continuing my Jewish education at Stern College in New York. Education is the key and we all have to look out for each other and help educate others. Have a Good Shabbos!!
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Thank you mendel. This is very well written. Every single shliach can relate to this.
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I am a non Jew, who knows a great deal about Judaism and Jewish History. If I had lived in a WW2 occupied country, Poland perhaps, I almost certainly would have been a rightous gentile. I am English and like most English people I have that "Its only fair" and "Thats not fair-so don't do it " English attitude about me.
So your report about Baila, who went as a child to another country to escape persecution annoyed me, insofar as it dwelt on someone crying bitterly because her daughter had married a non-Jew.
50 years ago I fell in love on first sight with a beautiful Jewish girl who I still carry a torch for, all her family liked me, her mother liked me, but the Jewish religion meant I was a taboo. We stopped seeing each other and she married a Jewish husband. Today her family wish she had'nt. It ruined her life and you must accept that sometimes a Jewish husband can / cannot be perfect and a good goy does have a lot to be said him /for her. Email if you wish. Thankyou.
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Keep those unbelievable articles coming... you're doing a great job!
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How strange that I found your moving article on a search for property in the Dominican Republic....I chose Sosua because of the reasonable prices.
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I went there to scuba dive this past weekend and noticed the shul next door to Casa Marina. A child of a survivor, I quickly hired a guide and found Benny Katz, one of the only remaining Jews left. He told me Baila has Alzheimers now. Long story short, I ended up davening Kabalat Shabbat at Benny's makeshift shul above his store, a truly magnificent and inspiring experience. His wife is not Jewish, but a convert and probably knows more than Benny. After Kiddush, we hugged each other and I told him how certain I was that those original 30 familiies who remained in Sosua, now gone, are now looking down with comfort at what he continues to do....
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