Divine providence: David F. Nesenoff, new publisher

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Dear Readers,

The headlines of our lives will come and go, but never forget the words — Hashgacha Protis, Divine Providence. Hashgacha Protis. It is the constant. The ink will fade and the paper will turn to dust, but the Writer and His story will remain. Hasgacha Protis. The Holy One Blessed Be He is always in charge.

It was early May and I sat at my desk in my office at home. Each of us has our moment or moments when we evaluate our life and ponder our purpose. What do I really want to do? What is important to me? While we are contemplating and churning our deepest thoughts within our soul we may even begin to think that we are figuring it out. It is so difficult for us to understand, especially at those moments, that the story has already been written.

Israel was on my mind. My family had recently returned from Israel and I literally cried on the plane. I’m too embarrassed to give the details. But whenever I leave her, I cry.

I decided that I wanted to do something for Israel. I was going to make small video snippets of Jews talking about Israel. They would say how much they like the falafel or the archeology or the beaches or the spirituality. And I would put them on the Internet and the whole world would see that Israel is a beautiful place. All the ills and ill wills against her would be readjusted. I would put the short pro Israel comments on my website and presto, everyone (for some reason) would watch it.

My teenage son, Adam Natan, had a website of his own for teenagers to learn and talk about Jewish topics. (We named him Adam Natan because he was the first male on my wife’s side in 90 years.) He is quite a remarkable young man. He had gone to Washington and streamed on his website the entire AIPAC conference by himself. So, in May, Adam contacted the White House and requested to attend the President’s Chanukah celebration for the following December. They asked him if he was confused and really didn’t mean “the Chanukah celebration but rather the upcoming Jewish Heritage Celebration?” “Oh, the upcoming Jewish Heritage Celebration,” he answered. The media office was kind enough to provide an additional pass for Adam’s friend and press credentials for my website as well.

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