A little more personal and closer to home, Fifty Seven Fridays, by Myra Sack is the story of a family who have a beautiful baby who is born with Tay-Sachs disease. This is the personal story of how Myra and Matt live through the three years of life with beautiful, Havi. When Havi was not meeting the markers that most children meet at certain ages, Myra and Matt start looking for answers. Havi is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs and their journey begins. They have fifty seven Shabbats with her before she dies. Each week they celebrate Shabbat with family and friends like it would be Havi’s birthday. This idea and the journal they keep are the ways they decide to live the short time they have with Havi in a big way. This is the story of that experience.
Friday, January 3, 2025
Saving Abigail; The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three Year Old Hostage
Saving Abigail The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three Year Old Hostage. This book is written by Liz Hirsh Naftali, the great aunt of three year old Abigail Mor Edan.
Abigail got world recognition when her parents were killed and she was kdinapped by the Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Naftali, who lives between Israel and the United States, tells the story from her perspective. She was in Israel visiting on October 7th. Her daughter lives in Jaffa with her young family. Naftali and her ex-husband lived in Israel during the 1990 and 2000’s raising five children. She has extended family in Israel who were all living in Kfar Aza on October 7th.
Naftali has friends in high places in WDC and was able to get access to speak to many Washington insiders and also get seen and to the microphone and speak to many who had the eaer of the law makers working to free the ohstages after October 7th.
It is an interesting account of how the process to free the hostages and what happened on October 7th