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Please just let me go, I’ve been so foolish for so long it just makes sense to be alone. Don’t forget me though, because I love you James, I’m sorry that i never took the time to let you know..

-Rosie The Magnificent by Jacob kraus (via thestarscantcomparetoyoureyes)

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STR Fall Saturday Night Siyyum

As I was songleading and roaming the circle during the song "Stones Under Rushing Waters", I was looking around at the room. What I saw and the feelings that came over me are unexplainable. People were crying and the second a tear fell there was someone to reach over and hug them, people were coming together and singing as a community, and tears kept falling. The faces of my friends would look at me and smile while singing every time I went around. I was just so overcome with emotion (didn't actually cry, gotta stay professional) but it was just one of those moments when you truly realize everything you have in front of you. Your community and how great is is. Your friends and how much you truly appreciate them being there for you. And just the moment. I cannot wait for Winter when I can songlead siyyum and just in general again. Getting everyone engaged and watching everyone just have a good time with their friends is so inspiration and I encourage you at your next kallah during siyyum or during song session to take a look around. There's some pretty great things going on :)

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praying 2 usted

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passion

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Yom Kippur

Last food for a day: Matzah ball soup, brisket, kugel, latkes and Challah. Yep, I may be Jewish.... just maybe.

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Walking with your cabin to the Teatron for Shabbat Shira at Kutz

#reasonstogotokutz

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when i'm at school and all i want to do is talk about nfty

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Holocaust | via Tumblr on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/60938790/via/aestheticpleasures

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Here is a parody of “Get Lucky” about Rosh Hashanah made by a whole bunch of Orthodox Jews. I would much prefer they all be wearing robot faces, but you can’t have everything.

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SPOTTED on the Manhattan Bridge. 

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Amazing NFTY wall art found at GUCI. Thanks to @danielnichols for sharing!

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Only in Israel: Plane turns back to get cancer patient.

I don’t believe this could have happened anywhere other than the Jewish state. An 11-year old fighting cancer was traveling to New York for a summer camp run by Chai Lifeline, a group that has been encouraging cancer patients to fight for their lives for the last 20 years. The girl’s passport was misplaced and she had to get off the plane. Then, the passport was found. 

The plane almost reached the runway when the call went out that Inbar’s passport had been found in another child’s backpack. The flight attendants immediately told the pilots, who spent the next 15 minutes calling the control tower, ground crew, and El Al’s offices.

The plane sat for a half hour, as the pilots awaited a decision.

Finally, they turned the plane around, and drove back to the terminal to pick up young Inbar.

“Her dream came true!” wrote Pinsky. ”Those of us on the plane experienced something as well. Instead of the hostility that usually greets a plane delay, there were cheers and tears on that El Al plane, flight 007. Passengers and crew shared Inbar’s happiness and excitement.”

“Planes rarely return to the gate after departing,” said El Al in a statement. “The plane was on its way to the runway, when the passport was found on the plane. After consulting with El Al crew on the plane and El Al staff at the airport the decision was made and the plane returned to pick up Inbar. El Al was honored and proud to help Inbar’s dream to go to the camp in the USA come true. We wish Inbar full recovery and health.”

Refuah Shleima - a full and speedy recovery - to Inbar and to all of the children!

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How to eat Hummus properly