From Bokortoam, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Yiddhidya Harush, community representative of the Chalutza region of southern Israel.

Yadidya discusses growing up in and then being forced to leave Gush Katif, talks about the amazing beauty and growth of Chalutza, and shares what life is like right now living so close to the Gaza border.

Also, the rabbis discussed the situation in Israel, and a local rally for Israel drew some

unwelcome visitors. All this and more, behind the Bima.

Good evening. It is Wednesday night at 9 p.m. I am Rabbi Ephraim Gover, joined by my dear

friend. Rabbi Philip Maskowitz, and we are here to take you.

Behind the beema.

Behind the bema. That was a great impersonation of Rabbi Brody. Rabbi Brody is not with us tonight. We'll get to in a moment where he is and why he's not able to join us live. But first, let's thank our sponsor. sponsor, a dear beloved member and friend of ours, seems to be publishing a book at a

rate of a book a week.

So I think he keeps sponsoring just to make us feel bad about ourselves.

So sponsored by the Mueller family commemoration of the publication of David's newest book.

Please don't buy this artwork. What I learned in my decade as an art dealer, that is the name of the book.

So adding to the Houdini book and magic and adding to his work in the halal world and having visited many

mosques, David's newest book is, please don't buy this artwork what I learned in my decade as an art

dealer. And I haven't had a chance to finish the other books yet. So if it lives up to the other

books, it is worth everyone having. We thank

David and Joyce and the Mueller family for sponsoring. And we wish him luck on his next 12 books

that I'm sure he's working on right now. So Rabbi Moskowitz, where is Rabbi Brody tonight?

Rabbi Brody is on a plane, on an airplane. Hopefully, we hope he's on an airplane, traveling from

Israel back to America.

He went to Israel to visit his two daughters who made Aliaa and are there.

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