Last evening I attended the annual fundraising dinner of the Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando. I was the interim executive director of JFGO for 13 months in 2008-09.
One of the speakers told us of a program for at-risk teenagers in Israel. We each received a hamsah made by the girls. A hamsah (Hebrew) is a palm-shaped amulet popular in the Middle East and North Africa as a defense against the evil eye. A few minutes later I learned that Donald Trump had won the Republican primary in New Hampshire. I will be keeping my hamsah with me at all times!
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