Page 4 - The Jewish Voice - August '24

Page 4, The Jewish Voice

Survivor Transforms from page 1
From the Rabbi from page 3 ultimately find his way back to his birthplace. Indeed, the
A moving moment of the Chabad event was when prophet Isaiah (27:12) declares:
Chabad member Steve Lapa came up to the bimah to When Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir desperately And you shall return home — each and every one of
introduce Dreier as his late father’s lifelong friend. Irving needed arms from America during the Yom Kippur War, you — all the members of Israel.
Lapa and Saul Dreier were both from Krakow, where she appealed to America’s Jewish secretary of state, In The Godfather, Don Vito Corleone says, “A man who
they endured the concentration camps, made their way Henry Kissinger, for sympathy for his own Jewish People. doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
to America, and built their families alongside each other. Dispassionately, he wrote to her that he “considers himself In much the same way, a Jew who is disconnected from his
In fact, when they met again prior to the event, Dreier an American first, secretary of state second, and a Jew third.” faith feels empty and unfulfilled. He will try to anesthetize
reminded Steve that he used to be his babysitter many Sharply, she responded, “Henry, you forget that in Israel or mask it through hobbies, luxuries, and distractions, but it
years ago! Steve was determined to record this event “so we read from right to left.” will never fill the void. Problems are more likely to be solved
that his grandchildren will know where they came from.” It’s understandable for Alex Rodriguez, the great Yankees when digging at the roots rather than hacking at the leaves.
hitter, to strike out a few times here and there. But it would be Remember your roots and you’ll never need to fear the wind.
absurd for him to be identified by his short-term batting score After three generations in America, most Jews today have
instead of his astonishing career history. Yet, despite our been blessed with some degree of prosperity. No longer are
4,000-year-old Jewish identity, many Jews confuse vocation we struggling to make ends meet like our grandparents did
with identity, as they sadly see no problem replacing their in the early twentieth century. It’s time to come home.
timeless Judaism with their current ideology. Rabbi Dovid Vigler is the spiritual leader at Chabad
Jacob’s magnificent blessing is that no Jew will ever of Palm Beach Gardens and host of the Jewish Schmooze
be lost. Ultimately, like fish, each and every Jew will Radio Show. Email him at rabbi@jewishgardens.com.

Feeling like you paid too

much in taxes this year?

Learn about investment strategies
that could potentially lower next year’s
tax bill. Contact your financial advisor
today to learn how.

Sally S Stahl, CFP®, AAMS™
Financial Advisor

1851 W Indiantown Rd Ste 106
Jupiter, FL 33458
561-748-7600