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My Prayer for the High Holy Days 2024 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. Twenty years ago this week,
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  Speaker 1: on October first, twenty four yours truly was actually bar Mitzvah,
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  Speaker 1: just before my thirteenth birthday. My fate decided to do
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  Speaker 1: this bar Mitzvah, and it was a great way to
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  Speaker 1: end the twelfth year of life and to begin the
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth year of life. But on that same day, twenty
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  Speaker 1: years later, I had to see the horrible images of
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  Speaker 1: Iran attacking Israel. And it's no coincidence because this was
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  Speaker 1: going on just before the High Holy Days. If you remember,
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  Speaker 1: last week, October seventh was part of the High Holy Days.
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  Speaker 1: It was part of Young Kipper's solemn tradition. I won't
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  Speaker 1: say the celebrations. Actually Young Kipper is a day days of.
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  Speaker 2: Its homen But but.
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  Speaker 1: To see the rockets coming down against Israel and the
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  Speaker 1: terrorist attack on the train in Tel Aviv where six
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  Speaker 1: are shot dead on the anniversary of my bar Mitzvah,
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  Speaker 1: that would break anyone's heart. It broke my heart, but
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  Speaker 1: it made me also very alert to how we have
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  Speaker 1: to protect ourselves in the Jewish communities in New York City.
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  Speaker 1: This is right now happening in Israel. But I am
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  Speaker 1: so thankful the NYPD is guarding every synagogue possible. I
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  Speaker 1: am so thankful that Jewish neighborhoods are getting protection during.
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  Speaker 2: The high Holy Days.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, I don't think the FEDS says this.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like it's the NYPD doing it.
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  Speaker 2: And throughout his mayoral.
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  Speaker 1: Hardships and being indicted and going through all of that,
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Adams is still working to protect the Jewish community.
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  Speaker 1: That should be highlighted today. But I wonder if and
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  Speaker 1: I have to look this up at President Biden and
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  Speaker 1: VP Harris are sending federal reinforcement to support the Jewish
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  Speaker 1: communities across New York City and other urban areas. Because
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  Speaker 1: my biggest fear, I don't want to talk about it
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  Speaker 1: because I don't want to happen. But we do not
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  Speaker 1: need copycats here in the United States. We do not
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  Speaker 1: need I Ran and the really negligence of the US
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  Speaker 1: government to support Israel in this effort, or it wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: have happened. Thank God for the Iron Dome. We don't
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  Speaker 1: need those attacks to inspire others here, especially because we
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  Speaker 1: don't even know.
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  Speaker 2: How many terrorists are here.
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  Speaker 1: We know that a lot have been arrested, but there
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  Speaker 1: could be selves, and I had to be sounding conspiratorial.
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  Speaker 2: But my prayer this High Holy Days twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: Is that our Jewish communities in New York City are
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  Speaker 1: very much so protected. I've had my thoughts on the
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  Speaker 1: Orthodox community, but you know what, they are to be protected,
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  Speaker 1: deeply protected, whether Orthodox or Conservative Jews.
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  Speaker 2: They are deserving to have the right to live.
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  Speaker 1: And these attacks on Israel are kind of showing the terrorists, oh,
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  Speaker 1: maybe they don't deserve.
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  Speaker 2: The right to live. Well, we got to prove them wrong.
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  Speaker 1: We got to show them we are tougher than these attacks,
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  Speaker 1: that we can overcome this attack. I have seen a
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  Speaker 1: lot of unity to bring all these hostages home within
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community, and I love that. I've seen the
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  Speaker 1: somber memorials as well, the empty dinner chair, dinner table
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  Speaker 1: in time. But you know what, we have to ask
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  Speaker 1: this United States government to truly defend Israel now.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why that's.
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  Speaker 1: Going on one lay up on news because I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be on even the thirtieth anniversary of my
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  Speaker 1: bar Mitzpha seeing that again, twenty anniversary is hard enough.
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  Speaker 1: You're trying to honor and celebrate that anniversary. And then
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  Speaker 1: you see the rockets coming down against Israel and thanking
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  Speaker 1: God for the Iron Dome. Thanking God for the iron Dome.
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  Speaker 1: But in these Jewish communities, where citygogues are literally just
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  Speaker 1: on the streets of New York, we have to protect them.
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  Speaker 2: They do not have that protection.
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  Speaker 1: And I am again so thankful that the NYPD is
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  Speaker 1: stepping up to secure and support the Jewish communities, especially
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  Speaker 1: during the holy days. I remember Russia, Shana used to
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  Speaker 1: be such a special holiday to go to with Rabbi government.
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  Speaker 1: And after Rabbi government passed, actually we.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Not distance ourselves from the religion but from the community
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  Speaker 1: because life took us in different directions. We had to
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  Speaker 1: support a grandmother that was frail and yet about to
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  Speaker 1: turn one hundred. We had to had to survive two
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  Speaker 1: foals around the time that Rabbi was wrapping up his
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  Speaker 1: ministry and beyond, had to take care of a father
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  Speaker 1: that you know, was not doing well towards the end
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  Speaker 1: with his battle of proseigancea my dad, John Garrett. And
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  Speaker 1: then this year we lost our canter Judy Steel.
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  Speaker 2: And let me tell you, she was the rock right.
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  Speaker 1: She not only kept the community together and made an
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  Speaker 1: effort to get everybody together in her home means, but
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  Speaker 1: her singing held up the world, I believe, and with
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  Speaker 1: her passing, we've lost another anchor, and together we have
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  Speaker 1: to be that anchor.
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  Speaker 2: Together now.
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  Speaker 1: We have to as a unit, whether you are Jewish
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  Speaker 1: or not Jewish, say Israel deserves to be protected, the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish people protected and defended as well. And I hope
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  Speaker 1: you feel that way listening to this podcast, because those
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  Speaker 1: rockets coming down should not have ever been a thing.
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  Speaker 1: Where are our support for the state of Israel. Instead
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  Speaker 1: they're questioning every move they make. Oh they kill the
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  Speaker 1: HESBLO leader, Well why they do it?
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  Speaker 2: Why they do it that way? Well they did it.
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  Speaker 2: That's the pole.
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  Speaker 1: They killed off a HESBLO leader and so many more
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  Speaker 1: hesbel A soldiers.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a big thing. And if you cared so
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  Speaker 2: much about the.
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  Speaker 1: Innocent Palestinians, the innocent Lebanese, well why don't you care
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  Speaker 1: about the innocent Israelis that are on eggshells every damn day,
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  Speaker 1: whether in Israel or I believe here in New York
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  Speaker 1: City or across the country in UCLA. Last semester, you
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  Speaker 1: couldn't even go in to campus because they blockaded and said, oh,
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  Speaker 1: if you're Jewish, you can't get on.
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  Speaker 2: How adismitic is that?
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  Speaker 1: And so if we're not gonna get support from upper levels,
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  Speaker 1: then it's true. We have to stand by each other
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  Speaker 1: as a community, and we're we should ask those who
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  Speaker 1: are not Jewish to support us as well.
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  Speaker 2: And not criticize us, but defend.
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  Speaker 1: Us and support the an applaud the deaths of Hesbela
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  Speaker 1: leaders and the killings of Hesibel leaders, I should say,
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  Speaker 1: because that's a win for not only Israel, but for
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  Speaker 1: the country's, the United States and the world. But I
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  Speaker 1: want to come here ten years on my thirtieth anniversary
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  Speaker 1: of being environmentsmen and say, well, Israel was attacked again.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see that. I want to see
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  Speaker 1: guess what. Israel has been able to prevail and won't prevail.
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  Speaker 1: But that's thanks to the support of its ally, the
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  Speaker 1: United States of America and here in New York. It
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  Speaker 1: seems like the NYPD is a major ally of the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish community, and I pray that stays that way. I
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  Speaker 1: pray that continues, especially through the High Holy Days. My
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  Speaker 1: prayer today seeing what happened on Tuesday scene, knowing it's
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  Speaker 1: the High Holidays, is that Jewish communities can feel safe,
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  Speaker 1: can feel secure, can feel able to proceed with their
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  Speaker 1: worshiping and their synagogue communities to really.
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  Speaker 2: Honor the high Holy days and celebrate them with one another.
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  Speaker 2: That's my one lag up on news. I'm Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 1: God bless the United States, God bro bless Israel, and
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  Speaker 1: for goodness sakes, God bless the Jewish communities across the world.