Page 8 - The Jewish Voice - May '22
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Page 8, The Jewish Voice

      Local Happenings from page 7                                                                         operatives  in  January  2017.  He  stopped  two  suspects
                                                                                                           and was immediately bombarded with shots fired from a
      people saluting their courage at a Chabad                                                            rooftop. His commander did not give him permission to
      of Palm Beach Gardens Friday Night LIVE                                                              return fire. Toward the end of the saga, an explosive device
      celebration. Two of the soldiers told their                                                          was thrown 10 meters from him and hit his knee. Lior
      emotional stories that left the large crowd                                                          was evacuated by helicopter and after intensive therapy
      moved to tears.                                                                                      for two years he is still partially paralyzed.
         Chaim Eliezer Alster, a captain in combat                                                            On Wednesday, the soldiers were treated to a luxury
      engineering, was injured as a lieutenant                                                             experience  aboard  the  90-foot  yacht  of  one  of  our
      during  Operation  Protective  Edge.  He                                                             members, where the soldiers told more of their deeply
      sustained five bullet wounds to his body.                                                            personal stories. David Axel Melnizky was stabbed in the
         Raz Budani was a major in the Golani                                                              Old City of Jerusalem while on duty as a border police
      Brigade until 2009, when he was injured during Operation      The speakers were followed by a Shabbos dinner at   officer in May 2015. The horrific security footage shows
      Cast Lead. The house where he was taking cover was shelled.   Chabad where all the guests were able to mix and mingle   him being stabbed from the back, but inexplicably, the ax
      Three soldiers were killed and 25 wounded. Raz’s hand was   with  the  12  heroes. After  the  soldiers’  presentations,   fell off the handle at the last moment. He is being treated
      injured and he still suffers from the effects. Today Raz devotes   Rabbi  Dovid Vigler  encouraged  all  assembled  to  view   with physiotherapy to rehabilitate his left shoulder that
      all his time to helping wounded soldiers at the Belev Echad   themselves as soldiers in the Army of the Jewish People,   was damaged during the attack.
      home for wounded soldiers near Tel Aviv.          as we stand at the forefront of public perception. Each      Chabad of PBG partnered with Belev Echad, a NYC-
                                                        action we take is a reflection of all of our People; each   based not-for-profit organization that brings wounded IDF
                                                        one of us has a responsibility to be a noble reflection of   soldiers to the United States for all-expenses-paid tours
                                                        the rest of the Jewish People at home, at work, and in our   of gratitude as well as Israel and IDF advocacy around
                                                        spiritual pursuits.                                U.S. college campuses.
                                                           The soldiers joined Chabad of PBG’s Young Jewish
                                                        Professionals Division for a Saturday Night Soiree and   Exhibition Connects All Ages
                                                        bonfire called Havdalah & Heroes. On Sunday they joined
                                                        the Men’s Club at the office of one of our members where   with Variety of Mediums
                                                        he stores over a hundred antique and exotic cars.
                                                           Lior Tzidkiyahu, a sergeant in the Paratroopers, told      From  May  5  through
                                                        the  story  of  entering  the  Jenin  area  to  arrest  Hamas   August  6,  Lighthouse
                                                                                                           Ar t C e n t e r ‘ s  n e we st
                                                                                                           exhibition Art  Connects:
                                                                                                           Across the Ages is designed
                                                                                                           to  delight  all  ages  with
                                                                                                           three  unique  exhibitions
                                                                                                           in  four  mediums:  glass,
                                                                                                           wood, paper, and plastic.
                                                                                                           The  exhibition  includes
                                                                                                           a  magnificent  private  Begging Dog
                                                                                                           collection of contemporary
                                                                                                           art glass including pieces by
                                                                                                           world-renowned sculptors
                                                                                                           Chihuly, Lino, and Vallien;
                                                                                                           evocative wooden wall
                                                                                                           CONSTRUCTS by Artist
                                                                                                           Tom  Casmer;  original
                                                                                                           artwork (on paper) by
                                                                                                           beloved children’s book
                                                                                                           Illustrator  Robin  Priess
                                                                                                           Glasser and Illustrator and
                                                                                                           Author Roxie Munro; and  Fancy Nancy Oodles of Kittens
                                                                                                           Bryan Ballinger’s Faulty
                                                                                                           Dogs, printed out of plastic on a 3D printer.
                                                                                                              “Glass  and  wood  have  been  used  forever  to  create
                                                                                                           functional pieces as well as exquisite objects of art and this
                                                                                                           exhibition invites guests to experience how the mediums
                                                                                                           are  evolving  through  time. The  Spencer  Gallery  hosts

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