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May 5, 2007
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About the Author
Mrs. Lori Palatnik
Lori Palatnik is a writer and Jewish educator who has appeared on television and radio, and is the author of "Friday Night and Beyond: The Shabbat Experience Step-By-Step," "Remember My Soul - What to do in Memory of a Loved One," and co-author of "Gossip: 10 Pathways to Eliminate It From Your Life and Transform Your Soul." She is a much sought-after international speaker, having lectured in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Central America, South America, South Africa and Israel, including featured talks at Yale, Brown and Penn. She lives in the Washington D.C. area, with her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik. Lori is the Founder of The Jewish Women's Renaissance Project, an international initiative that brings over 1,000 women to Israel each year from ten different countries on highly subsidized programs to inspire them with the beauty and wisdom of their heritage. She is the busy mother of five children, ages 24 to 14; and her son, Zev, just finished serving as a sharpshooter in the IDF. Her weekly video blog, "Lori Almost Live" is a popular feature on aish.com, viewed by over 50,000 people each month.
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(4) Yocheved, June 6, 2007 11:29 AM
so nice
that was such a moving article. thank you so much Lori! i am always inspired by you!
(3) Anonymous, May 9, 2007 5:14 PM
Awesome!
I hope that I too, will have feelings of thankful joy. Thank you for such beautiful words.
(2) Rosen, May 9, 2007 6:51 AM
Mt. Sinai & Israel
Perhaps why many Jewish children discontinue their Hebrew studies after they get Bar/Bat-Mitzvahed is that they get bored in Sunday school and Hebrew school trying to remember and memorize various texts if it is not in Israel. Therefore, it can be more effective and influential to get Bar/Bat-mitzvahed in Israel since Jews do have a significant connection to the Holy Land after G-d spoke to them by Mt. Sinai. I got Bar-mitzvahed in the US, and admit discontinued going to Hebrew school, but less than a decade later, in my college years, I had a newfound attachment to Judaism while attending the Hillel and going to Israel twice, once on Birthright, the second on a tzedek track/social justice mission, and it was all for the best - much better than sitting in a classroom in the US or anywhere other than Israel being lectured about Jewish studies, when it can be much more effective to actually set foot on the land of Israel and learn from their, from site to site - that's haptic learning, where you are literally there where Jewish history really took its course.
(1) Anonymous, May 6, 2007 9:48 PM
L.U.C.K.
Gulp. I have to swallow, & sniff.
My son just turned 12 this past week. My husband is not Jewish, and has made it clear 'they' don't want a 'what Jews do when they turn 13' - I'm not giving up.
You ARE LUCK-Y, Lori to be able to have:
L-laboured
U-under
C-correct
K-knowledge!
Mazal Tov.
I'm still praying.
I won't give up.