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JERUSALEM SHATTERED
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY REMEMBERED
Ceremony at Johannesburg’s Jewish cemetery will illuminate ‘bloodlines’ between South Africa and Israel
By David E. Kaplan
A lost cornerstone originally unveiled by Prime Minister Jan Smuts honouring South African Jews soldiers killed in WWI, was recently found in the garden of a bowling club and is to be unveiled again, this time by Smuts’ great-grandson. What will also be unveiled are forgotten stories connecting South Africa and Israel.
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‘RESCUING’ HOLOCAUST SURIVORS TODAY
Christians and Jews unite in providing a helping hand
By staff correspondent
Two organizations – one run by an Orthodox Israeli American Jew, the other by a Chinese American Christian – are partnering to help Holocaust survivors in Israel who are finding themselves in stressful situations. Let them not be failed again!
‘RESCUING’ HOLOCAUST SURIVORS TODAY
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THE BUBBLE HAS BURST
Three phases every healthy relationship repeatedly goes through
By Bev Ehrlich
How is your relationship with your partner? Ups and downs are normal – part of any partnership’s journey. A ‘relational coach’, the writer who from her own experience of once feeling “helpless” and “strained”, counsels the path forward to restoring a healthy relationship.
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LOTL Co-founders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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