Somehow, despite the cries for equality and equal treatment, people seem to know righteousness when they see it
“So what are we going to do about this?” she asked.
“This” was an ad for a fundraising concert later this month to benefit Ezra Lemarpe, a medical advocacy and assistance organization founded by Rabbi Elimelech Firer. With its venue in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, its lineup featuring a wide array of popular Israeli singers and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and with President Rivlin in attendance, the event was clearly targeting the secular public.
Yet one thing was conspicuously missing. Female singers. And so a founder of a female “influencers” forum posted the ad in her online community to enlist her followers against the event.
It was clear that she knew nothing of Rabbi Firer. She must have missed the memo that this Belzer chassid has made it his life purpose to assist people navigating the medical system, gratis, providing up-to-date advice about the best doctors and the latest treatments. When my mother-in-law had a stroke, the question we heard most often was, “Have you called Rabbi Firer?” His organization, Ezra Lemarpe, runs numerous rehabilitation facilities, supports families of individuals with chronic illnesses, lends medical equipment, and flies patients overseas for medical care when necessary.
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