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Heartfelt SKA-Israel link

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Two weeks after the murder of her father and brother, Sarah Techiya Litman married Ariel Beigel in Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem and invited the country to share in her simcha. A painting made by Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls students Tzippy Feldman, Yona Lavie, Joyce Mishaan and Melanie Sokolow was hand-delivered at the wedding last Thursday.

Faculty member and Rebbitzen of Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok, Paghit Ralbag, presented the painting, danced with the kallah and shared the good wishes of the SKA community. 

Meanwhile, SKA students Emily Klein and Eliana Wienerkur, along with Miri Lieber, who coordinates the Artists for Israel Committee, created a card signed by most of the school for the family of gap-year student Ezra Schwartz a”h, who was killed in a terrorist attack. Last Friday, Emily and Eliana traveled to Sharon, Massachusetts, to deliver the card to the shiva house, hoping to bring some nechama to the grieving family. Students Gabriella Spirgel and Tamar Hershberg went on Thanksgiving day to be menachem avel and show their support.

SKA’s Israel Action Committee of SKA, is continuing its advocacy in these troubling times. Over 100 SKA students signed up for the AIPAC NGuage App to received updates on how to advocate for Israel.

The school’s Lev Echad group, founded by Zahava Gros, Henna Storch and Michal Yacker, has restarted the practice of reading a memorial bio before tefilla and sending letters the families of the soldiers, letting them know that their children live on in our minds and hearts.

Students are planning to meet soon with South Shore Rep. Kathleen Rice to discuss issues related to the U.S.-Israel alliance.