Mickey and Ortal Flaumenhaft: Diaspora Differences: Israelis Come to Teaneck

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yussie Zakutinsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] friends this is so exciting uh to welcome not just incredible people but my neighbors I think you were the first 1840 guests in our history who I know the names of your children and you know the names of my children because you literally live next door welcome Mickey and ortal to 1840 thank you you happy to be here okay so we have so much to talk about we're exploring the relationship between the states the diaspora and Israel and I was like thinking I'm like right next door the couple who our kids are always at each other's houses were here an Israeli Couple live next door in EK and I want you to begin by just explaining to our audience where where you're from in Israel how you were raised let's begin with ortal okay so I'll speak before we were married so I grew up in yav and rovot as a totally Israeli in an totally Israeli family I knew nothing about the outside world of of Israel nothing about English nothing nothing nothing you didn't speak English no when did you maybe I was in English speakers and I was very very good in English but I was I couldn't relate K I knew nothing I couldn't I couldn't understand what is it why they have an accent what is going on did you know about American jewry nothing like if I would have asked you rosha Feinstein no yes because we

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1. 0:00[Music] friends this is so exciting uh to welcome not just incredible people but my neighbors…
2. 5:30to Israel wow yite one much much younger uh and she was there before the establishment…
3. 11:22that I never I I was embarrassed to bring my friends over cuz my parents never…
4. 17:15you know like it was inona it was actually a very interesting Camp because it was…
5. 23:17like a stronger divide outside of Israel between like the Lei and the rabbi and they…
6. 29:01Israel and versus America which is the interplay between the secular and religious communities meaning the…
7. 34:48telling this parent the difficulty cuz this was uh like a an Israeli you know an…
8. 40:49did enough and and and there were other operations I'm not doing doing it again I…
9. 46:41important people from Israel is like gods and be they will all make Kalia this is…
10. 52:38girl and people in the same text that they said Maz they also asked what's her…

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