Jonathan Stanley had been sitting at a Barnes & Noble store for about an hour, behind a stack of his own books, when he saw a 4-year-old girl marching toward him.
“I want to be an author when I grow up,” Ella Dinelli told Stanley, who was at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, store on March 22 to promote his book about leadership strategy. The girl and her mother, Taylor Dinelli, 29, agreed to use the money they had saved that afternoon for a Starbucks drink to instead buy a copy, which Stanley signed.
“Ella,” he wrote, “the greatest gift you have to offer is you!”
The interaction was brief – no more than a few minutes – but it would change Stanley’s life.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich will try to negotiate with the Trump administration in the coming days to reduce the 17% tariff on Israeli exports to the US, Israel’s largest trading partner. The US decision shocked Israeli officials and caused the Israeli stock market to dip, with the Tel Aviv 35 index dropping 0.16%, the TA-125 falling 0.20% and the Tel Aviv Banks index decreasing by 0.1%. Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on 60 countries, including Israel, of half the rates they impose on US goods. Israeli financial officials are very concerned about the decision’s impact on Israel’s economy. Ynet quoted Dr. Ron Tomer, president of the Manufacturers Association of Israel, as saying he is seriously concerned about the decision.

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