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Vol. 98 No. 39
SEPTEMBER 23 - 29, 2021
Aiding Israel’s lone soldiers Lawrence barbecue benefit raises more than $500,000 for FIDF New York state, a number of them from the Five Towns. Pninit Cole, the FIDF director of Long Island, Ari and Ruth Jungreis’s spa- noted that 50 lone soldiers have cious Lawrence backyard is a long come from those South Shore comway from the Israel Defense Forc- munities in the past two years. es bases strategiFIDF was cally positioned established in across the Jewish 1981, by a group of state, but no less Holocaust surviconnected: The vors, to help the Friends of IDF soldiers. Steve held a fundraising Weil is its current barbecue in the chief executive Five Towns on of ficer. An orSept. 15, and dained rabbi, he raised more than goes by Steve in $500,000. the office. RecruitMore than 100 ed by a portion of people attended, the organization’s along with a Courtesy FIDF board, Weil, an yo u n g wo m a n WoodMERE RESIdENT FIDF donor, has from Woodmere. CElIA, a lone soldier in the been its CEO for Celia, 20, is a serthe past year. Israel Defense Forces, is a geant in an IDF sergeant in a combat unit and “This community combat unit who is an incredibly is also working a basic training instructor. Zionistic commuwith soldiers in nity,” he said of basic training. Identified only by the Five Towns, “and it’s a commuher first name for security con- nity that cares about all Jews.” cerns, Celia is a “lone soldier,” one “Israel spends over 15 percent of nearly 7,000 who serve in the of its gross domestic product on IDF — a non-Israeli or a native of military because of the challenges Israel whose family does not sup- of the Shia and Sunni [Muslims], port his or her military service. the enemies that are trying to Lone soldiers come from 70 destroy Israel,” Weil said before countries. Roughly 1,000 are from the United States, and 200 from Continued on page 4
By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
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Go, dawgs! The Hewlett High Bulldogs charged onto the field before their Homecoming game against Valley Stream North last Saturday. Story, additional photo, Page 10.
Good Samaritan, Orthodox version, comes to roadside rescue By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
The photograph and Facebook post of a volunteer from Chaverim of the Five Towns and Rockaway — an emergency roadside-assistance nonprofit — who stopped to change a motorist’s flat tire last month went viral, with more than 2,200 likes and nearly 1,000 shares on the social
media platform. On Aug. 25, Mary Kate Tischler was driving home to Seaford on the Southern State Parkway with her daughter Ruby, 7, when she realized her car had a flat tire. Tischler pulled over onto the grass shoulder and searched for a phone number for AAA. Before she could find it, a black Jeep pulled off the highway in front of her.
Kasriel Zakutinsky, a Chaverim volunteer, was at the wheel of the Jeep, traveling for his recruitment job for Five Star Nursing, when he spotted Tischler’s vehicle. Having grown up Orthodox Jewish, Zakutinsky, who lives in Brooklyn, was taught to lend a helping hand. He joined Chaverim — which is Hebrew for friends — when he Continued on page 17