Benny Gantz, the Israeli opposition leader, apparently was in such a hurry to return to Israel this week that he forgot his tefillin.
He borrowed a pair from the owner of a seforim store in Boro Park who happened to be with him on his flight from JFK airport.
Gantz, the chairman of the Blue and White party, was had been in Washington Monday for a meeting with President Trump ahead of the White House’s unveiling of the long-awaited peace proposal. While in Zurich for a stop, he met the owner of Zundel Berman Books.
Yochonon Berman, who also has stores in Lakewood, Flatbush and four other locations, told boropark24.com that he was in the Swiss airport’s business lounge when he spotted Gantz.

President Donald Trump this afternoon proposed creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing, in an attempt to achieve a peace breakthrough in their decades of conflict with Israel, Reuters reports.
Senior administration officials, briefing Reuters on the details of a plan the president was due to announce at the White House at mid-day, said that under Trump’s proposed Middle East peace plan the United States will recognize Israeli settlements on the West Bank.

Pete Buttigieg talks Trump’s possible removal from office and the Senate impeachment trial during a Fox News town hall.
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President Trump’s lawyers turn tables at impeachment trial, accusing the Democrats of election interference; Anita Kumar, White House correspondent, associate editor for Politico, weighs in.
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Lamdeini prepares all students to be able to learn Gemara, it identifies those who are having difficulty understanding and it remedially teaches those students how to learn Gemara and even enjoy it. Ultimately, in the words of Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz, it involves “hatzalas nefashos” – it is a lifesaver – for many students.
Song composition, lyrics and musical arrangement: Ari Goldwag
child vocalists: Yonatan Kaluzhny & Yakov Willig
Video Directed and Edited by Marty Weisel
Cinematography by Tzvi Popovich
Production Assistant Nossie Kleinman
Produced and Script by Yehuda Tsabari
yehudatsabari@gmail.com
Production through Jet Venues

Neil Quinter, former chief counsel to Sen. Feinstein, weighs in on Trump’s defense team giving opening arguments during the impeachment trial.
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Sen. John Barrasso reacts to Trump’s defense team accusing House Committees of denying the President due process.
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