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Miriam Peretz & R' Avi Berman | Mother of two fallen IDF heroes SPEAKS OUT + Yom Hazikaron 2024

05.11.2024 - By Meaningful MinutePlay

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Miriam Peretz is an Israeli educator and public speaker.  After the deaths of two of her sons during their service in the Israel Defense Forces, Peretz became a lecturer on Zionism and living with loss. She was the recipient of the Israel Prize in 2018, for lifetime achievement. In May 2021, Peretz announced that she would run for President of Israel in the 2021 election as an Independent candidate. She ended up losing the election to Isaac Herzog. R' Avi Berman is the Executive Director of the OU in Israel and joins this episode with Miriam to share sentiments and thoughts relating to Yom Hazikaron and Yom Hatzmaut.

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