The Hebron Fund Annual Campaign Featured on JM in the AM

This is America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard and listeners sponsored digital radio around the world.com and the single network and of course the beloved NSN app. Well, as we said today is day. We know that next week Shabas is really day as tens of thousands will be gathering in the holy city. But today we got an opportunity to support to have all the donations doubled and to talk about the growth of the holy city which is pretty amazing after all these years. Thank God we continue to see growth and real growth in the holy city of Kron. We are joined by our friends from the Kvron Fund coming up next at JM in the A.M. la. High JM in the AM. Everybody head to the website hebronfund.org h ebr nf fun.org. Today is the day that we spend reminding everybody about supporting the holy city of Kvron and the amazing things that are going on. Rabbi Dan Rosenstein is with us live via telephone. He's executive director of the Kronone Fund that helps us kick off this hour here at JM in the AM. All right, Dan Rosenstein, a pleasure to welcome you back to JM in the AM. >> Highlight of my year to be on your show and also to see you at the Israeli Day parade. Please God, that'll continue again this year. >> Amen. You could say that again. That's something we really hope and desire actually happens. All right. Um uh Rabbi Dan Rosenstein, this is amazing because uh I I don't know what the usual timing is, but to be able to speak about and its growth and its incredible uh um movement forward just a few days before Shabbat I think is pretty remarkable frankly and pretty cool. Uh tell us what this campaign is focused on. When people go to hebronfund.org or and they get their donations doubled and they support this annual campaign. What is the focus this year? >> Listen, we never rest in we're always working around the clock. The Israeli day, the American day all the time. Um but I'll tell you, this has to be our most exciting campaign that we've done over the course of the years. You and I have been together um for not a few years. Um, this is the urgent campaign that someone can make. If someone's looking to make a difference in Israel, this is this is it and this is right now. Um, we're always growing. Uh, I had a rabbi of a prominent uh synagogue in Florida uh come with us on tour last summer and he called me. He says he says, "Uh, Rabbi Dan, uh, I was just with you last last summer, so is there anything new to see?" I said, "Well, you know, normally I would say to you, you know, the Mara, we kept it the same for the last 2,000 years, but um but over the course of the year, we've been expanding in all the neighborhoods um upkeeping of the uh upkeep and expanding of the of the holy sites." And he came in July. Now, I would tell you that if he were to call me now and say, "Rabbi Dan, I know I was just with you in July, but it's November 3rd." I would say Rabbi, you ain't seen nothing yet. We are the political whatever is aligning between the president, the prime minister. I'm not even sure what. I pinched myself every morning uh since July 9th when I got the call from the mayor of Kabon who was standing with the chief rabbi of Kabon. I said, "Dan, you got to drop what you're doing and come to Cabron now. I go to Kron to a place I I need there's like it's not even on the ways. People been living in Kron for 35 years have not been to this new neighborhood in inside Jewish. I mean it's incredible. >> Where where is it exactly? Like if I've been where would I have a familiarity with where it is? >> Right. So after you pass the mara, after you pass a vinu, after you go up the hill to to ra, >> right? >> Uh 99% of the time you make a left and you go to the area where we'll talk to you about this is where the uh deal of the uh deal of eternity between Ephron and Abrahamu went down. At the top of the hill, you make a left. But no, here you make a right. You pass the ancient Jewish cemetery. You pass the Kabad cemetery for Manuk. And then there's a plot of land that was always in Jewish hands, but uh nobody ever had the guts to develop. Now we had the uh the full green light. I get there, they're practically dropping uh mobile homes on top of my head while I'm trying to record the video over this historic moment. And that was in July. And it was very nice and we're very excited. And eventually families are going to move in. Fast forward to my last trip to the States and they called me. They said, "You got to come here. families are are moving in right now. I I can't get to JFK fast enough, but um new families, young families have moved in. And if you want to meet them, you can go on to the website and look at the video. We we interviewed a couple of them. Beautiful, amazing families really and and and of of um very inspiring, but of course, you know, they can't do everything by themselves. And therefore, that's where the fund comes in uh to make things happen. And do we have a statistic like I mean uh we've started with how many how many families how many mobile homes in July of this year? >> Uh there's there are three families there right now. Um there was a waiting list. I was actually after that I went to the secretar's office and the phone was ringing off the hook and they're saying and people are calling up uh please choose me. I want to move in. Uh you know it was incredible but obviously they need security. they need um you know uh you know all all kinds of uh all kinds of things that we'll discuss over the course of the call and um and so you know we got we got to help out these families but definitely you should watch the video and you'll see you'll you'll meet these incredible families they're just I I really have no words to describe them >> well the commitment that people make toone is pretty amazing or by Dan Rosenstein with us he's executive director of the fund go to hebronfund.org or be as generous as possible. Every single donation is in fact doubled. It's a very exciting time in Kron. We talk about growth. We talk about the potential for growth. And finally, so many of the things that we've worked for all these years and that people have donated for all these years which always seem to go at sometimes, you know, slower than we we really wish they would. Now things are really accelerating as you hear. And um at a moment's notice, it seems that the city of Kron, the Jewish community of Kron is continuing to expand. So now is a good time to make that investment. Go to Hebrronf fund.org and um and have your donation doubled and have a real impact on the future of the holy city of Kron. Khakbam was with usbam of course is director of tourism in Kron. He's getting ready for a very big Shabbat next week. But beside aside from which is once a year, he also could tell us what's happening on a daily basis in the holy city. Rabbi Simakbam, welcome back to JM in the AM. >> Hey, it's great to hear from you. >> I appreciate that. It's always a pleasure to speak to you. Um, you you have witness how many years are you living in now? >> We hit 30 years now. We are privileged 30 years to be in the second holiest city from the Lower East Side to the downtown. >> I like the way you put that. I cannot believe it's 30 years, but that's pretty amazing. And am I right that sometimes it would be frustrating about the pace of development. Things would go a lot slower than very anxious people like us would have liked. And now it seems things are accelerating a bit. Things are going a bit faster. Yes, for sure. That is always the greatest frustration in the community that even something that should be so natural we call natural growth. Children who grew up in got married wanted to stay in the area weren't able to. There was a great demand and lack of supply. And now today, Bar Hashem due to all the different political alliances from both America and Israel and with different types of headsp space from the soldiers and the different leaders of the army. today. Many of them went through the religious Zionist school system and did we've been getting so much green lights and whether it's in the new neighborhood that Dan described right by the past the cave of has a rich rich history over there 180 were buried unfortunately the whole cemetery was destroyed in 29 and now it's literally like seeing the resurrection of the dead that everything's coming back to life and there's young children playing there and there's young families to the degree that one family is actually living on a bus, a school bus, an abandoned school bus with six children and they have like a little curtain dividing up the rooms and they have such a sparkle in their eyes to dream of being able to live in. It's so exciting for them and thank God there's other things all over happening. Some to speak about, some you have to come and see, but there is expansion all over. >> Oh, the pioneering spirit amongst the youth and those who are not so young anymore in Kron is simply remarkable. Rabimb is with us. So, what about I mean we know that you direct tourism and obviously you're doing this on a regular basis. Are we get and and we also know that the last couple of years have been very challenging in general tourism etc. What what's happening now? Are there people still visiting on a regular basis? >> So as you mentioned during the co and during the war of October 7th, it was very very hard to get to Israel. It was very hard for people to lack of flights and sometimes lack of clarity of being able to get back etc. And tourism unfortunately fell tremendously. But the very second CO was over we had our strongest year ever. The Jewish people were hungry to come back and that year till October 7th was more tourists than ever. And so too now once there were flights and else not only Allah was flying but some of the other airlines started to fly people jumped on the opportunity both in the summer over Sukkot. So really from July 15th like two weeks after the missiles stopped falling from Iran. It was amazing to see the love and ms flights aren't cheap, hotels are definitely not cheap and people come despite it all the obstacles there so much love and it gives us tremendous every visitor and every person that visits. >> Was there a nice musical presentation in on Sukkot? uh was higher than high at leim and it reached really a very very special place together with many of his followers and whose yard sites coming up this Friday it was really something 5,000 people without exaggeration people coming for vatikin and traveling sometimes two three hours just to be there and the it's amazing the whole field of the ma literally rises up and the singing and the dancing and the oneness between all different types of Jews together. It was really something a little taste of the day after. >> Yeah, there's something unique about and the unity that um that prevails when goes through its daily activities is pretty amazing and obviously as you hear say welcoming Jews from around the world to come and experience it. Uh hef fun.org or gives everyone an opportunity to arrange for a journey to Hebrronfund.org gives everyone a chance to register for Sara which is next Shabbat but also today hef fun.org or gives us an opportunity to support to financially support the work the holy work of the Jewish community of Kvron to support the expansions that's what I'm calling it the growth and expansion of the Jewish community of that we are emphasizing here today and every time you give a donation to this current campaign at hebronf fun.org That donation is doubled by generous supporters and obviously we want our friends in Kron to have a successful a very successful campaign and a great day today. So everybody out there within the sound of my voice if you like myself are somebody who understands the importance of the expansion of the Jewish community of go to hebronfund.org hebrronfund.org and every single donation will be doubled. All right. Why not tell us uh about the expansion and why it is so important? Why it's so vital? What it says about the Jewish people if in fact the Jewish community of Kron continues to expand. >> First of all, in a very very spiritual realm, there's a verse in the book of Mali that says God will become great upon the borders of Israel. We all know that the name of Hashem needs a vessel, so to say, to be able to dwell within. When the borders of Israel are complete and Israel is growing and expanding and spreading out, so to say, God's name also becomes great and expansive in the land of Israel. But any form of growth is also the strongest statement. October 7th is all about wiping us out, diminishing us, making us trying to scare us to leave a to leave the south and to try to put a fear into us. Response always has to be in the same way what the enemy is trying to do. We have to respond. And there's a verse that says in the book of Exodus, the more they afflicted us, the stronger we become. And the more we spread out, the more we grow. And therefore today especially you could see from the road from Kushetion to Kaban now many many hilltops that was filled with Arab villages of now little pockets of little hilltops where young Jews graduates of our living when was murdered families are now going back up there. 10 trailers just were placed there. We have the Namab neighborhood, three trailers on top of the Jew old marketplace and now young couples are living there. And this really is a statement both within the Jewish nation and to the world that no terror in the world, no October 7th in the world will weaken us, will break us, we're going to continue to grow and get stronger and stronger. >> Wow. This is not just a uh a statement on behalf of what's happening in a statement for the entire Jewish people, especially those in Israel. And that is that we will not back down. and that is that we're going to make sure to have a bright future as long as communities like the Jewish community of continue to expand and continue to leave their mark uh on the community no matter what the enemy says, no matter what the enemy does. And by the way, we mentioned earlier 30 years in which is just amazing, a staggering figure. And we also mentioned that, you know, things move slower than we would like, but the reality is as you look back at 30 years, look how different the city looks compared to three decades ago. Do you ever sometimes marvel at just how much growth there has been over all these years? >> It's tremendous. Tremendous. You know, a lot of times we want everything instant. Sometimes we want food to be heated up instantly in a microwave. We have soup that you just have to add hot water to. Instant. It's an instant. And even sometimes people see redemption as instant. Msiah now peace now this now that now everything now now now now now hostages now. But sometimes the process is a little bit it's a process and it's a talik and it's a ray of light and another ray of light another ray of light. And those who stay with the game those who don't leave in the middle of the game and quit they stay and they watch and they see the progress happening. Yes. Sometimes our setbacks sometimes there are difficulties. Sometimes our challenges no question. But that sadic falls and he gets right back up. But he doesn't just go back to his place. He gets stronger and stronger. And this is what the people of Kan are all about. Watching the gula unravel, watching the settlement of the land of Israel, watching the Jewish nation return to its roots and connect in such a deep way. >> And as you've always reminded us, the American Jewish community and the diaspora Jewish community, people listening around the world have always been very generous. And today is a good example. You need the help of everybody around the world. This can't just be on the residents of Kron. Everybody has to pitch in. Everybody has to have their donation doubled. Everybody has to do whatever they can to make sure moves forward in a very strong fashion. >> Yes. So we all have to really follow footsteps and is the attribute of kindness, extrovertedness, giving, non-stop giving. And we have to really really it's nice to root. It's nice to say ka kavot, you know, we we really salute you, but now we need more than just good words. We also need active support. So please, please everyone, let's open our hearts, open our pockets, and really give to the Jewish community of he fund hbr.org and you could go onto the link and donate to the Jewish community of >> enjoy enjoy every day in especially next week. Kayasar is coming up. I know you were looking forward to welcoming thousands from around the world. >> Yeah. Every year it never loses. It's always special and there's always new faces and new people and such excitement and palpitation living with the times living with the portion of the week and being able to read chapter 23 24 the book of Genesis to read the para to acquisition the marath and so much more that is alluded to being buried and a being buried in the marath we invite everyone that's available to try to sign up for that chabas It's a Shabbat of a lifetime, a transformational Shabbat. Something that you could, unless you're here, you can't really explain what one experiences and what one feels when he's here dabing and reading the portion of the week. >> Simka, thanks so much for joining us. Uh, you're listening to a very, very special hour. We're asking everybody out there who's tuned in, everybody out there who's on social media and likes to spread the word about really important campaigns, participate with us. Go to the website, hebronfund.org. hebronfund.org. We continue to hear from our guests how the incredible expansion of the Jewish community of Kron continues at what we now call a rapid pace. Certainly rapid compared uh to what we've been used to in the past. The Jewish community of Kron is now growing. Uh again, the fastest it ever has. Young couples and families are moving in. More and more people are on waiting lists wanting to move in. They need the funds to continue to make this happen. Hebronfund.org hebronfund.org. Every single donation is doubled and on top of that uh if you'd like to register for next Shabbat sorry you could use the same website hef fun.org. Yonyi Blbard is with us and Yoni of course is director of security for the holy city of Kavron. He always updates us as to what the immediate concerns are for the community of Kron. Yoni, a pleasure to welcome you back to JM in the AM. >> Shalom. How are you? Is your carry on already uh prepared for Kayasara? >> You know, as Simo was talking about, I'm saying to myself, it's been too long. It's been too long since I've been there. Uh and I am very jealous of the tens of thousands that are going to be there next Shabbat. Yi, you always update us in terms of what the immediate security needs are. There are people out there who are looking for specific projects, specific security equipment that you might be in need of. What's the story today in 2025? What is it that the holy city and the Jewish community of Kavon needs? >> Okay, so as Rabbi Dan and Rabbi Sima uh told before, uh we're able to settle lands that uh were not available to us for the past uh hundreds of years. >> Wow. And now this new neighborhood of Net Davidid uh is the most western uh neighborhood in Kon uh it borders with a Muslim mosque and uh a Muslim girls school uh in order to uh secure this neighborhood and uh to provide the little kids with maximum security and help the IDF. And yes, I'm saying help helping the IDF because, you know, we're fortunate to have a lot of uh houses and a lot of caravans spread out throughout the hilltops and the army is uh you know, they can't put place a soldier in every hilltop. So, we have to help them out by uh by putting uh security cameras with military protocol, flood lights, with helping the first responders, our first responders team, and uh and outfitting uh the security guards. Uh that's our main mission for this new neighborhood. >> Uh Yoni Blackbart is with us. You can go to hebronfund.org and give generously. hebronfund.org or and also Rabbi Dan is available at the phone number if you do want to speak to him about a specific project when it comes to securing the holy city of yoni uh we've always discussed and it's pretty obvious I think to anybody who has visited and even those who haven't how sensitive the security situation is there there's an impression out there that because of the aftermath of October 7th and because the enemy saw the strength of Tahal, the strength of the IDF and the seriousness with which the IDF takes security in in every city but including that things have been a little calmer, a little more quiet. Is any of that true? >> So, thank God things have become more calmer and quieter, but that's not because the Arabs are seeking for peace. It's because the army is very much determined. Uh things that they've never done be that they haven't done before, they're doing it now because of October uh 7th. Uh and uh the people around Israel are feeling it. I I have to tell you that uh we're up almost 100% of uh people coming in to visit. Wow. We just finished the month of uh uh Elul and Tish. >> Wow. >> Where over 210,000 people came to Malah. That's a record-breaking uh crowd. And uh next year we're going to break it. We're we're going to break it uh even more. >> What What do you think your numbers will be next week? >> Uh over 50,000. >> Over 50,000. I remember I remember the days when we spoke about 10 or 20. You think they'll be over 50? Yes, I remember the days in which I slept in my bed on Kaisara, but uh it doesn't happen now. >> That's a long time ago. >> Yeah, that's a very long time ago. >> Yonyi Blackart is with us. He encourages everybody, as do I, to go to hebronfund.org. Today's the day. Today's the day of their double campaign. Hebronfund.org. Give as generously as possible. Know that every single dollar you give is doubled. And now we have a real opportunity. We've always had an opportunity to support the expansion and growth of the Jewish community of Kronome. But now in front of our very eyes, as everybody has described so far during this hour, in front of our very eyes, uh the expansion is taking place at a relatively rapid pace compared to what it used to be. And everyone now can have a role in uh increasing that footprint, the Jewish footprint in the holy city of Kro. And of course, if you want to register for next week and get information about Kayura, you could use the website as well, hebronfund.org, or hebronfund.org. Yoni, uh, it's funny you talked about sleeping in your bed, Kaisur. There was also a time when when your security force, the people who helped you, is pretty limited, right? Just a few people. Now, I would I would have to assume that you you need a lot of people in order to get this whole project done. >> That's uh correct. Very much correct. uh it's become of a you know uh a very big event and with the amount of uh guests that are coming in uh we're in uh you know everybody's uh on duty that chabis >> oh that I agree but I'm I'm saying even year round it's probably become so much more because now look at the abravina neighborhood look at what's happening on tel rod look at some of the properties that have been purchased on the other side of and it just the area has become so much larger even during during the regular year. I guess you have to pay so you and your staff have to pay so much more attention to what's going on and what the enemy might be trying to do. >> Absolutely. But that's uh the good problems, >> right? >> You know, uh I I I if if if you know I want to be bored, but that's uh when the enemy is defeated. But until then, I'd like to be very busy by uh by uh visiting and uh creating new neighborhoods around the around the hilltops. >> No, I I get that. But even when we hear about these three families in the Telra area, the expanded area, I mean, you have to sit down and develop a plan, right? You have need to sit down and I know Tahal's obviously involved, but you need to sit down and develop a plan what's needed on a daily basis when young families move in. >> Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. We're we're working non-stop, 7 days a uh a week, 365 days a year. >> It's not, you know, it's uh it's not a cliche. It's uh that's reality. But we're we're privileged. We're privileged to settle the land. We're priv privileged to bring in more people to uh that's our mission. We we can't, you know, uh we these are these are historical times. Sometimes when you're living through the historical times, you lose perspective and you don't realize it. But how right you are. How right you are. Yoni Blackbard, could you help me encourage everybody to support the Jewish community of your specific area of expertise is of course security. Everything that you have spoken about this morning and that you have not spoken about this morning needs funding, needs needs uh financial backing. That's why we're recommending that everyone go to hebronfund.org. org and give generously because every dollar they give today during the campaign is going to be doubled. Yony, could you ask everybody out there to pay careful attention to the security needs of and to help out as much as possible? >> Yes. Yes, please do. every every camera that we put in uh not only secures the area but saves uh saves lives. And uh each flood light, each uh security vest that we invest in uh brings in many many more people to have enables us uh to uh develop uh uh unmanned land and uh put in more caravans over there. >> When the army sees that uh the situation is calm, they're let they're letting us build much more. And uh that's because of the good security situation that is developed by all of our systems. >> Unbelievable. Incredible work that you continue to do. You should continue to have much. Enjoy next enjoy next Shabbat as much as you can. And thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> Thank you. >> Yi Blackbart heads the security uh team inv. And as you heard, every time there is an expansion and every time there is a family that moves in, every time a young couple decides to be part of this unique Jewish experience of building, uh the security needs, as you can imagine, only grow. Uh they only become even more serious and even more um important to financially support. So those of you out there, no matter what angle it will convince you to support the holy city of Rome, do so now. And if that's your angle, you want to help with security needs, that's a good one. Uh, just go to the website at hebronfund.org. Hbrfund.org. Dial the number 718-6776886. You can actually actually speak to her by Dan and his staff about specific security projects and things that need to be developed in. We speak to her by Dan later. I'm sure we'll talk about that, about some of the things that he envisions that the community in Kavon needs. All of this can be sponsored by people from around the world, including yourself. Go to hebronfund.org. hef fun.org. If you give today during the campaign, every single dollar you give is doubled and that is pretty remarkable. Yeser is with us. Our wonderful friend Yeshi Fleer is of course international spokesperson for the holy city of Kvron and he joins us on this Monday during the campaign day here at JM. Ishi, a pleasure to welcome you back to JM in the AM. >> Great to be with you, Nakam. How are you, >> Barm? So, how are we doing, Isai? How are things going? >> We're We're great over here. I I I What's uh I heard you're having an election over there. >> You New York City. I heard something about that. >> It does seem like It does seem like the whole world is paying attention to what's happening here, which is pretty interesting. >> Yeah. But listen, the mayor of Arab Hebrron is an outright murderer. He murdered six Jews in 1980, then got released in a prison deal. His name is Chesir Abusa. So Mandani is, you know, small small fries compared to Chesna. But uh but yeah, uh we're we're doing all right here. You know, I'm praying for you now. The tables are turned. Yishi, who was the who was the official I thought it was the mayor, the Arab mayor of Krone. Who was the one who expressed an interest in becoming part of the Abraham Accords? Wasn't there somebody in Kron? >> No. Yeah. His name his name is Ashra Jabri and he was the kind of representative of the Arabs of that went to that Bahrain conference long time ago, the economic conference, peace to prosperity. Uh and and he's still alive and well. And you know, we have some Arabs that we we try to to develop our relationship with. And in general, you know, like there's there's Arab Sheikhs now who have said that they don't want to be part of the Palestinian Authority, that they want to join Israel. Uh so there's definitely some murmurings and understandings uh through the through the process of this war that um their their future, they're looking for a better future. Some Arabs obviously we have not a little bit of jihadism as well. But there are some Arabs who say jihadism is not going to lead to anything. And so let us be part of Israel because Israel is going to last and anybody with two eyes in their head knows that Israel is on the upswing. Uh this war has only strengthened us in the land. Uh we have opened up new communities uh in the Mount Hebron area and in Hebron proper. Uh and there's so much there's so many people yearning for more Yiddishkite, more Judaism in their life. And so our army is stronger, our spirit is stronger. Uh and uh okay, our economy is is going to be, you know, challenged for to to pay for this war, but we're going to get through that as well. And uh we're we're really you could feel it. I think the greatest dissonance in this world, the greatest distance between two understandings is the way the world outside world sees us and the way Israel is from within. Israel is booming inside. Cafes are full, life energy, women are pregnant, cranes are everywhere. Jerusalem is being built in the outside world's like, "Oh my god, they're going to be destroyed any minute now." Far from it. Anybody who who has a good sense of what Hashem is doing and and just has an open open heart, open mind can see that Israel is really going through a renaissance and a rebirth and and it's something awesome to be part of. >> How long have you been associated with Kavron and the Kavone Fund? Oh, I've been associated uh with Hevron since my birth as a Jewish person. Uh because because Abraham, that's his first purchase in the land of Israel. And this is the tomb of our forefathers and mothers. So that's like, you know, all of us are, you know, if if you're Jewish or if you love Israel, you're connected to Hebrron. Myself, you know, my mom who was a a Russian uh uh refusnic, she taught me the majesty of Hevron. And then later on in life when it was time to get married, I got married in 2002 during the height of the second inif. And then I went to work for Arut Cheva. And then years later uh my predecessor the the great David Wilder was leaving his post and and uh I heard that that he was leaving and I spoke to him and I spoke to Orizan and they and I said listen you need me and uh and I wanted to do I wanted this job and Hashem put me in this job and it's been a privilege to work almost 10 years in. Your wedding was in Kron. >> Absolutely. 2002. In fact, uh uh I humbly tell you that some people credit our wedding as restarting the weddings in Kron tradition because it had kind of tapered off given the terrorism that tried to scare us away from. So my wife and I came from New York City uh to toron to get married in the summer of 2002 on tav Jewish Jewish uh Jewish Valentine's Day. >> Unbelievable. Ishai Flesh is with us. The reason I asked about your official relationship with the holy city of Kavon, and we certainly understand the uh inspiring words about your lifetime association with Kron, is I'm wondering now as a real insider, obviously you're dealing with this every single day. What have you learned over the last 10 years about the holy city of Kron? Is there a lot different than your impression was from years ago before you were a spokesperson for the holy city? You know, Nakim, the that's that's a fun question. The the the the Torah, you know, the more you learn Torah, you're like, "Oo, secret, secret, secret." You you the Torah reveals itself to you with time. The Torah is like, you know, a woman that you marry. There's more and more kind of secrets that you find out about through through through the process of being married. Uh, and the Torah is like that. The land of Israel is like that. And certainly, which is like a really ancient city. It's it's a 4,000-y old city and Jewish presence there for 3,800 years. And you know there's a lot there. So yeah. Yeah. It reveals itself to you. And I have to say that in the last few years it has revealed itself to me even more through projects of beautifification at the tomb of Root and Isai. We have put in a lot of effort to beautify it and to to renew it. So what was once a hav is now the number two site inv. I had a bigoot to have a hand in in that beautifification. Uh and now I have other projects close to Maratah even inside the Maratah to beautify it and to make it uh uh uh worthy uh of what it is which is the the the the separ of the forefathers and mothers. So there's constant revelations and I must tell you that since the advent of this war there's been a lot of of innovations and revelations of of new places and when you'll come next time you'll get a VIP tour and then when you come in the time after that it'll already be uh everybody will just be using these places and and it'll be normalized. >> Flesher is with us. I'm glad you brought this up because we keep hearing about things that uh people like yourself want to do in Marat to us as those who are there occasionally doesn't seem like it really needs work. What are some of the projects? What are some of the things that you'd like to see transform my in 2025? >> Um I have to I have to be circumspect in what I say because some of the some of the stuff is a little bit under wraps. Uh but basically um you know nah >> more accessible more beautiful >> it's not it's more access today it's more accessible we have an elevator we also have wheelchair accessible stuff today thank god a lot of people are very thankful for that but it's got to be more beautiful and frankly it has to be more Jewish uh and it it has to have more there's a lot of Muslim um you know coloration to the site there's a lot of you know Muslim writings and and shapes and all kinds of stuff and we want to add more Jewish Jewish symbolism. I'll give you one example >> which is one of the most powerful examples of them all. You know when I came 10 years ago to work there was no on the uh corner of the that you could come and see that it was a Jewish site and there was no Jewish there's no flags of Israel on the makah. Today it is a regular mainstay. It doesn't the flags don't come off. There's a kanuki there and it never comes down. It's and it's lit on Kaneka. But basically like when you come and look at Marl today, it looks like a Jewish site. That's a big change. That's a big change. You got to remember that organization like UNESCO was trying to erase the Jewish uh uh uh history of the site and say that it's a Palestinian world heritage site. Well, when it's got the flags of Israel on it and it's got a Kanuki on it and those things have settled on it, if we if you can use that language, you know, it changes the whole feeling and atmosphere. And today we have an army that's more with us and and other factors that are helping us add more Jewish themes uh to the structure. So when you come there, you're like, "Wow." I'll give you I'll give you just another example. People used to paint when we painted fences and stuff. It would be painted either green or brown. One of the things that I'm that I'm demanding and we're getting it done is adding more the color that you see inat toron. We added it a lot at Kut to Nishai. I'm going to add it to Maril. There's something about that light blue color which says to you this is Jewish. This is Jewish. And that's part of what the fund does. It it beautifies the place. It it makes it accessible to people. It brings tourism. It educates and it makes it more welcoming, more Jewish, uh and um and more of the touristic attraction that that it needs to be. So that's part of what we're doing. You know, we're talking a lot about the new neighborhoods and we have these amazing amazing new neighborhood. It's mind-blowing. People are just blown away. The video that was made actually shot by my brother Josh. Beautiful video. You can see that new neighborhood and it's awesome. But we don't forget also the basics. And the basic thing that we're doing is that we are the protectors and the beautifiers of the site. If if if we were, you know, non-Jews, we might call ourselves the knights of the way. We're the knights of the makpah. We're there to protect it, to beautify it, to make it more accessible, and to make it less scary and more awesome. and and that's exactly what's happening. >> The holy city of Cavro needs our support. It's as simple as that. And this is one of the reasons why we dedicate this hour uh to today's campaign because we want to make sure everybody especially those who are not in Israel around the world here in the US and other places are supporting the city of Hevron as best as possible. The campaign is now active and live at hebronfund.org. H Ebrronfund.org. As we said earlier, all donations are doubled. Literally, if you give $180, it's a $360 donation because of generous supporters. And you can call Rabbi Dan or any of his staff members to discuss special projects at 7186776886. And I think you uh you really hit on a really important point when it comes to this pitch that we continue to make to people who care about and that is that if you're looking to support something really practical building structures if you're looking to support you know and and and have a hand in our children of Kron being safer cameras and equipment and if you want to just be involved in the spirituality and inspiration of a little bit more light blue, a little bit more of a Jewish maratah based on the way you described it earlier, then one could do that as well. So really there's the the entire list of options is open for anybody who wants to be involved in the holy city of >> Yeah, I agree to that. Uh I would say that uh there are many excellent projects in Israel and I you know I'm friend to many of those organizations but supporting fund is a one-stop shop to support Israel at large through various facets that we do in for example education. We are bringing all of the premilitary academy schools to Kron to get a tour and get educated. Like we feed them, we sleep them, we bring them buses, we do so many things just to bring the elite of Israel's next generation, not necessarily religious, toron to get educated, we tour the soldiers, we do so much. Oh, we strengthen the soldiers life. You know, Dan Rosenstein, he's like the head of the Hebrron Fund. He's so busy. And then on Fridays he runs around giving kalas to uh to to soldiers so they could have a nice shabas feeling. You want to support soldiers, Hebrron fund. You want to support Israeli education to to teach them Bible and connection to the land, Hebrron fund. You want to beautify uh the land of Israel, Hebrron Fund. You want security for families, it's all the same. It's a one-stop shop for a lot of great things. And and if you want to give a to a soldier, that's also, you know, you want more, you know, all these things come together and we're very proud of that. We're very proud of that. At the same time, it's not like we're like, you know, I have to say this. Um, it's not like we're like totally winning out there. You know what I mean? The the the haters are strong. There's 200,000 Arabs inv the mayor is a murderer. There there's there's Euro Euro cooperation with the jihad everywhere around us. doctors without borders and all kinds of, you know, evil folks driving around trying to take away our sovereignty. So, like, don't misunderstand. On the one hand, we're rocking it. We're doing a lot of good things. On the other hand, let's be real. Like, could use a facelift. We need more garbage collection. We got jihad all around us. You know, we we we have we're basically living inside of Gaza visa. So, both are true. You know what I'm saying? I don't want people to get the wrong impression as though like everything is honky dory. Far from it. We need a lot of help. We're fighting. You know, we we do good campaigns, but but but it's not like the state of Israel is like is like number one, we're going to support it like we support Tel Aviv. Far from it. Far from it. We need a lot of help because it makes a big difference. And we have a real war in our hands. It's a militarized city. Lots of soldiers to just keep the bad guys from our throats. And so therefore, when you're supporting, you're also supporting the defense of the Jewish people, holding on to our rights against a huge tsunami of of hate and challenges that we face globally. >> Hebrronfund.org Hebrron HBrf fun.org hebronfund.org. Every donation you give today's doubled to further impact your donation to the Hevron Fund. Yes. I'm assuming you're very much looking forward to next Shabbat. uh you know let's be honest on the one hand Kaisara is is is an is like a magnumopus of of uh of of of Jewish sovereignty and and Jewish faith and there is nothing and you know this well there is nothing nothing like reading the para of the purchase of right at the foot of inside the building you just like you connected heaven and earth you connected the Torah to the people to the land to the god above in one shot and you're like you like you get some kind of like it's some kind of like zap of of of of synergy and organic oneness. Okay. So that's that's on the one hand. On the other hand, for people who work uh in the project of bringing 40,000 people to on a chabas, it is quite a heavy load. And I'll be honest with you, when it's done, we breathe a sigh of relief. You know, we we're able to pull it off. So, you know, both are true. It's it's it's an awesome amazing experience. It's a it's a to be like Abraham and to welcome people as guests in and when everybody leaves and we can have a little uh a little where it's just us and we say we finished that thing then that's that's also a good feeling. >> Well, isn't it heartwarming knowing how many people want to see you? Isn't that heartwarming? >> Yes. Yes. It it's it's quite heartwarming. It's also warming my WhatsApp everybody's writing to me. Do you have a space for me? Do you have a space for me? Uh and and Okay, listen. You know, the truth is is part of what fund does is we actually do a VIP uh hosting at in right for uh it's fivestar. It's like three star somewhere else, you know. We but but we really do our best to to feed people, bring you the great guests. And this year we're going to have you Sika Moore and and some of the heroes that that have fought this war and have suffered through this war. uh and and and many other important people are going to come uh and and eat with us and dine with us and and Rabbi Dan's the MC of the whole thing. So, it's it's a very special it's a very special gathering. You'll you know and and is there and yon is there and you know all all this this this amazing group of people. So, yeah, we love the my kids love it. Uh but at the same time it's you know it's responsibility for 40,000 people coming to your place and you want to look nice and and there's police and there's army and there's drones and there's uh and there's and there's dancing and there's and there's and there's it's it's really an amazing to to to do it and we'll do that uh we'll do we'll right after we finish with we'll all go to the beta mikdash inim you know we knows its place it's it's it's the tomb of the forefathers and mothers it's It's a community that pushes against jihadism and yet we all pray towards your shalim towards that day that there's going to be a base of mas in your shalom. Uh and we're working on that as well. >> Yeser and I uh encourage everybody to give and give generously. Hebronfund.org hebronfund.org. Today is the day. There's also a phone number 718-6776886. The the campaign officially ends tomorrow. We want today to be as strong as possible. Remember, every time you give, every donation is doubled. So, for example, if someone would give $180, that would be a $360 donation due to the generosity of the sponsors of the campaign. You give $500, it's really $1,000. The impact you can have is immense. Go to hebronfund.org. Hbr.org. Dial 718-6776886. And again, for today, don't lose sight of the fact that every donation you give is doubled. Dish Kaka Cavode. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> Kavot and good luck in that that little election thing that you're happening over there having over there. >> Appreciate you. Better be in touch with me after that. >> Everybody should buy an apartment in Israel soon. Okay. >> Amen to that. More coming up or my Dan is going to join us to wrap up this hour, this very special campaign hour. Keep it right here at JM in the A.M. Heat. Heat. The froand Hello. May Allah Shan may die. la. That's Daddy's version of Kevron. A lot of great Jewish music stars have sung about the holy city of Kvron. And today we're asking everybody to toss in some support for the holy city of Kvron. We've learned a lot over the last 55 minutes. We've learned that continues to expand. The Jewish community of continues to expand at a rate that they've never enjoyed before, which is amazing. including uh the area next to Tel Roma, including the Alvavenino neighborhood, including a lot of the places you've seen before, but their footprint, the Jewish footprint in the holy city of Kron is larger than ever and growing faster than ever. Obviously, security needs is something that's uh unfortunately something that's always going to be needed in Kavon. And those of you out there who have a uh specific um a specific project or a specific initiative in mind, you could discuss that with RB Dan and um and get that going. The um the address, the link, the campaign web page is hefund.org. Hebronfund.org. And today is the day to have every donation doubled. And today is the day to really get our friends in off to an amazing start with this year-end campaign. Again, hef fun.org. Be as generous as possible. Remember, every single donation is doubled. Every single donation is matched. Rabbi Dan Rosenstein is with us. He's of course executive director of the Kevron Fund. Rabbi Dan, welcome back to JM and the AM. >> It's great. Aren't my colleagues the best? You work with some remarkable people. Um, they're not just good spokespeople, but they are, you could tell how much their heart is into it. You could tell how much they care about the Jewish people, present and future and past. >> Well, it's because of their boss, Arainu, doesn't let us sleep. And when you're working for him, that means uh that means you work the Israeli day and the American day. And thank God we're seeing a lot of a lot of success. Um, we appreciate your listeners who uh over the course of this uh last 50some minutes have been uh pouring in donations uh calling the office. Uh two people uh messaged us that they want to take on a security project. So, thanks for that plug. >> You know, and by the way, and and I'm not minimizing the security projects. you and I know how important they are. But the beautifification pro um projects, the parks, the playgrounds, uh areas next to apartment buildings and um and um caravans that are necessary for families just to be able to enjoy. All those are worthwhile projects as well. >> Yeah. Listen, I mean, uh are are you trying to uh decide whether you're going to move into the caravan or into the uh coach bus over there? You know, it's not even like the the the neighbors are um it's not even like a baseball's throw away to the mosque. It's like a spitballs throw >> as well as the uh as well as the uh the school next door. Um and yeah, we need to put in a playground over there which is not like uh your backyard swing set that's commercial grade. That means astroturf on the floor. Uh that means not even plain astroturf. The families want to have stuff that if, god forbid, the kid falls off that they're really protected, not fake protected. >> Um, you know, I'm always trying to save money, but uh on the same time, safety first. >> Um, we want to be able to bring soldiers up there to the to the playground so that they can um have exercise equipment over there. I work out outside. We have good weather in Kron most of the year. And um these are projects that I'm fortunate because I'm able to uh be there in Kron. able to touch and feel and make sure that this stuff actually happens. Sometimes you send money to Israel, you're not exactly sure where it's going. But, you know, as you could tell from all four of us here, uh you know exactly where it's going and uh and really making a difference for the people of Kron, for the visitors of for the soldiers of Kron, and quite frankly for the people of Israel and the and everyone that visits uh that visits Israel uh because once is strong that strengthens the entire country. How long ago did you start uh distributing hello to soldiers? >> Uh it's actually an interesting story. We we started shortly before October 7th um because we'd actually served the kalas at uh the basically we started right before October 7th about a month before and um and we started that in in at the same time that we started um uh expanding our home hospitality program where residents um uh will cook and invite the soldiers for for Shabbat. Wow. Um, which really makes a big difference. You know, for some of them it's their first real Shabbat. >> Sure. >> Um, and uh, you know, but after October 7th, a couple of things happened which which to me, you know, stick with me. Um, it's a bit painful, but um, on the one hand, uh, one of the women who expanded onto her mere petet was having like 30 soldiers a week, 40 soldiers a week. uh somehow you know little kids plopping down up and down on top of the uh kyote and whatever and I called her after October 7th to see like I don't know like can we continue like it's after October 7th is you know we had already funded her a lot for for um the the y of meals and everything like that and she could barely talk she's like Donna she had to she had to remove 30 contacts from her phone of soldiers that have come through, eaten in her house that still kept in touch with her that were killed on October 7th. >> Oh my gosh. >> So that was painful. And then um we're doing kala deliveries to all of the uh uh every single shabas we deliver not not usually me um to uh the IDF bases, the outposts. Um, now we just included the families up in uh up on the hill by Tel Roma. Um, cuz they're hosting soldiers as well. And uh, you know, I've I've gone around to the soldiers. They're just sitting in a random outpost or if I have to get onto a base for whatever reason. I imagine, oh, you know, maybe you uh get the kalas. They're like, "Oh, there's the kala guy." First of all, I'm not the kala guy. It's donors that are that are donating on uh through uh j and the am and on the uh everyonefund.org page. But um but like I asked like does it does it make a difference? They said it makes all the difference and they look forward to it all week and it gives them a lot of co-work and they want want to send messages uh to uh to the people in America how much they appreciate it. the one week where we put into it with K guy, the baker um lost his nephew in that terrible attack in um in January last year. And so he was like sitting sh with his uh brother-in-law um and so the soldiers were like writing him messages like angry like, "Oh, you forgot about us. You our base didn't get this week that whatever." Um so but we see that that makes a big difference. So, you know, you think, oh, I'm just going to send in$100 the you know, it's important. No, it really on uh on the on the soldiers and non-Jewish lives. And now we just have this unprecedented opportunity to um to expand Kron um to put in new playground, to put in security cameras, to put in flood lighting, uh to bring more visitors. Um and we couldn't wait until after. Believe me, I'm plenty busy with Kaisara. You know, we have people flying in that, you know, we take very good care of them. I'm not looking for more people to come on Kaisara, unless it's you or or if someone really wants to uh, you know, help us out. You know, we have, thank God, we have a strong registration, but um, we're really really um, we really need to do this campaign now before Kaisara with everything else going on because we need to help these families right now. We we can't wait. New families are moving into this new neighborhood in Kron as described over the last hour. You can actually watch a video at hebronf fun.org and meet these families virtually and see just how committed they are to the future of the Jewish people and of course the future of the Jewish community of Kvron. As we said earlier when Yonyi was on and as Dan just mentioned, they they have many security needs, including cameras and flood lighting that are so important for these homes that are new uh that are new homes uh for families in Cavon as they continue to expand and rejuvenate the holy city. So, please do what you can by giving. There's so many good reasons to give and to make this a robust campaign as we've been outlining. Go to hebronfund.org hebund.org or h ebr nfund.org. Those of you who are active on social media, this is the type of link you want to put on your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. This is the type of thing you want to introduce to your friends and family. Let them participate in today's event of the Kevron Fund campaign. Every single dollar, every single shekel that's given to this campaign is doubled. Every single dollar is doubled. So that your uh 180 becomes 360 and your 500 becomes 1,000. Yet another good reason to participate in this campaign. Uh it ends tomorrow. We want to make it as uh successful as possible. Hebronfund.org. Hbrf fun.org. Those of you who are looking for special projects, and there's always special things, as Dan and I have outlined over the last hour, uh 7186776886. Dan Rosenstein, a pleasure spending this time with you. >> Thank you, Nakam. Really uh really exciting. And uh thank you for all your support and thank you to all of your amazing uh listeners. And I remind you to please go to hebronfund.org. h e b r o n fu n d.org and there's a link there where you can participate. Please share it on your uh WhatsApp status on your social media. Tell your friends. This is the time uh to help Israel like we've never done before. >> 100%. Thank you very much, Rabbi Dan. Rabbi Dan Rosenstein is executive director of the Hebrron Fund. Hbr.org. Hbrfund.org. Every dollar you give is doubled. It is matched. 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