Dear friends, Last Friday I sat at our kitchen table thinking back over the past year. My amazing wife was preparing challah for Shabbat and I watched as she took the large bowl of risen dough and punched it down with her fist. I asked, “Why do you do that?” She told me, “After the …
Dear BFL Family, Each year our BFL families in Israel wait for our huge Chanukah celebration, which often brings together more than 800 people. Like every program this year, we had to think out of the box. There is no way we were canceling Chanukah, even with all the Covid restrictions! We decided to give …
Dear friends, The entire world knows of the isolation and difficulty that COVID has brought. People feel stuck in their homes and in many ways in their lives. Even though we have provided so many programs and counseling sessions via Zoom, it can never replace the healing that real human connection brings, especially when it …
Dear Family, I hope this email finds you safe and well. Amidst the difficulty and upheaval over the past months and weeks, I thought you would appreciate a moment of inspiration – BFL style! In 2006 Dror Kandelshen, then 23 years old, was called to fight as a reservist in the Second Lebanon War. During …
Dear Families, Shadi Ibrahim is 21 years old and grew up in a small Druze village called Sajur in northern Israel. Like his brother, Shadi’s dream was to be an IDF combat soldier and do his part to protect Israeli citizens. Shadi made it into the IDF Armored Corps and until 14 days ago served with …
Dear BFL Families: Two weeks ago, Rabbi Chaim told me he received a phone call that he would likely never receive again. “Chaim, it’s Peter. May I ask you for a big favor? Will you help me destroy a Nazi banner my father took from a concentration camp headquarters 75 years ago?” It turns out …
Dear Family, It might have been because of the COVID-19 crisis, but this year was one of the most powerful Memorial and Independence Day ceremonies that I can remember. For the first time, BFL had the Yom HaZikaron Ceremony in English and streamed live. We stood in silence together with BFL partners all over the world …
Dear Family, The first ten days of the beginning of each Jewish year, the days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, are called the Ten Days of Repentance. These days are a time frame intended for introspection and repentance, when a person can reflect upon his actions of the past year, and also plan his good …
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Dear BFL Families, We want to wish each of you a safe, healthy, and joyous Passover! This is far from the first Passover that Israel or the Jewish People have celebrated under difficult conditions, yet we have always found a way to find joy in the holiday and each other. This is also an opportunity for …
Dear Family, As I write this, four of our BFL staff members are quarantined in Israel due to international travel restrictions. We are grateful that Israel is taking every precaution against the spread of the coronavirus and at the same time sorry that so many people have to stay in quarantine. I served as a IDF …
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