Rabbi's Weekly Message
Surprised by an Ambassador!
August 17, 2025
Years ago, during our busy summer months, we hosted Rabbi Yisroel & Miriam Haber who were visiting Yellowstone from the Golan Heights and were seeking a place for Shabbos meals. They turned out to be super memorable guest speakers and their stories, including building the Mikvah at the Air Force Base in Alaska, were mind-blowing. Their talk was not planned, not formal, just spontaneous and from the heart. Similarly, this past Shabbos brought us Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Yechiel Leiter, who was visiting with his wonderful son Amikam. We had the honor of hosting them at our home and then, at Shul, hearing one of the most inspiring speeches of my lifetime as Yechiel shared perspective about the loss of his oldest son Moshe Yedidia who died defending Klal Yisroel after October 7th in Gaza.

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I think of myself as a juggler: leading a Jewish community with my sushi loving husband, caring for my five rambunctious kids (who are adopted), and living in the Wild West of Montana, where it’s ALWAYS winter (or so it feels). It’s an art to be juggler, to live our fullest potential and still have very real lives. Not the perfect, glossy, manicured ones we so often encounter. I am here to be real.

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