GREAT READS Issue 623 · August 17, 2016

It Could Only Happen in Summer

Sunshine and sea breezes. Ices next to the basketball court. Sweet, satisfying seasonal jobs. New discoveries only a heartbeat away in Mishpacha’s Summer Reading Collection

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unshine and sea breezes. Ices next to the basketball court. Sweet satisfying work at a seasonal job. Summer offers the opportunity to get out of your routine explore unopened gifts or just stand and stare. And once you do new discoveries are only a heartbeat away…

Story One (below) │ Story Two │ Story Three │ Story Four │ Story Five │ Story Six

 

Hungry in Holland

Rabbi Avrohom Katz

Summer 1966 was a good time for England. The England Football team had just won the World Cup the sun of success shone and three boys from Gateshead Yeshiva were planning their week-long bein hazmanim.

In those pre-EU days the European Continent still enjoyed an aura of glamour and excitement but a severe lack of funds necessitated the most austere of schedules. They decided to sail by boat toAmsterdam hire bicycles there and with a tent in their rucksack and the most basic of food supplies cycle around the country and see whatever they could.

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