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On Monday, another Nefesh B’Nefesh flight is leaving from JFK, taking a plane load of new olim to Israel. For me it is the best answer when it comes to issues such as prisoner exchanges and the conflict with a despicable enemy such as Hamas or Hizbolleh. As American Jews, if we keep making aliyah, or even if we keep visiting, spending our vacation time and money in Israel, then Israel wins, they lose. While in Sderot recently, a religious leader told me that for every Quassam rocket that hits his town, it is his hope that another person moves into the community. This is how Israel wins, not by backing down, but by showing the enemy that there is a vibrant, ongoing, growing Jewish life to be lived. This mere fact, enrages the enemy more than any military… read more