From Bokrotome, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, and founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism.

Bob explains his special connection with Israel, shares what his Shabbas was like growing up, and discusses his ongoing efforts in the fight against hate and anti-Semitism.

Also, a discussion about Yomatsmomoot and the struggle with making allayat, plus continuing the conversation about intermarriage and a spirited debate about rabbis sitting up on the Mima. All this and more, behind the Bima. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It's Wednesday night 9 p.m. As we transition from Yomazikorn into Yom Atsma'u. I'm Rabbi F. Gover, joined by my dear colleagues and friends, Rabbi Moskowitz, and we are here to take you Behind the Bima. We're here to go behind the Bima on a very exciting evening. As I said, it is Yom Atsmaud. We are marking and celebrating the miraculous gift of the modern state of Israel.

We also have a very special guest tonight. Robert, Bob Kraft, and a great supporter of Israel, a great hero of Israel.

When it wasn't popular, certainly a man of his prominence, his stature, his success, his role in business, his role in NFL ownership, and celebrity status to be so publicly

outspoken, supportive of Israel, fighting anti-Semitism of hate.

We have a great debt of gratitude to him for that.

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how excited are you for tonight rabbi mazquit Let's start with you. How excited are you for this opportunity? Not at all. I don't know what's the big deal. Bob Kraft. Of course, I'm enormously excited. Growing up in New England, Robert Kraft is a larger than life figure. As I hope we'll get into in the interview, he's had a great impact on my life. He's touched me in a number of different ways in a very meaningful way. And we'll get into that, hopefully, and I'll have a chance to thank him for some of those moments that he was able to provide for me. And, you know, one of the things that I don't think people outside of New England appreciate is just how much of an impact he had on New England, on 25 years of New England sports, what the mindset was before Bob Kraft came, what he did to transform, really an entire region.

And so he is, he's a great, he's a great philanthropist in our area.

He's a great lover of Israel.

I remember for me,

one of the most moving moments and the proud moments I was when I was a Patriots fan was after the murder of Ezra Schwartz when the Patriots did a tribute to him at the beginning of the game. And that was not, that was not a foregone conclusion that they would do that. And it wasn't so simple. I'm sure he encountered some friction to be able to do that. But he did it. He was a man of conviction and he did the right thing in

support of Israel and I know it meant a lot to the family at the time as well. He did. He's definitely

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