When a Chabad emissary called out to the Megillah ambassador while the plane was on the runway

February 14, 2022   

Attorney David Federman was an outside candidate when former US President Donald Trump appointed him as US ambassador to Israel. Dramatic statistic: You could be losing hundreds of thousands of NIS that belong to you For smokers only: This is how you can save over 8,500 shekels a year He took office to improve US-Israeli relations, which had been stagnant under his predecessor, President Barack Obama. Combining the insights he gained from his many years as a negotiator in the American private sector, Friedman and a small, inexperienced team refined American diplomacy to project "peace through strength." After painstaking behind-the-scenes work, the Abraham Accords were signed: a historic series of peace deals between Israel and five Islamic countries. In his new book, Friedman recounts how his candidacy became a stirring event: left-wing organizations that came out in full force against him, and on the other hand the support he received from right-wing groups and Orthodox Judaism. Friedman writes in his book: "During this challenging time, I drew immense comfort from my rabbi, Chabad emissary Rabbi Zalman Volovik, and the Chabad movement, the most dynamic and influential Jewish leading force in modern times. I was honored to honor Rabbi Volovik at the inauguration of our new embassy in Jerusalem, about seventeen months later." Rabbi Volovik, along with his wife Hani Volovik, runs the Chabad House Five Towns on Lund Island, where Friedman lives. This coming week, Friedman and his wife Tami will be honored as "Ambassadors of Light" at Chabad's 27th annual gala dinner in the city. Another Chabad figure mentioned in the book is the emissary Rabbi Shlomi Peles, a resident of Kfar Chabad, who is known for his assistance to Chabad houses and centers in the former Soviet Union, as well as in other countries. Want to be the head of a religious council? This is the path that leads to the coveted position Parents check, children go to study • How does the new outline work? In the book, Friedman also recalls how, after Trump recognized Israel's right to the Golan Heights, he rushed to the airport to catch a flight to attend the official announcement at the White House. "That night was Purim, and before the meal was over I had to rush to catch a flight back to New York," Friedman shares. "I had the help of my friend Rabbi Shlomi Peles of Chabad, who read the scroll to me while the plane was already on the runway. My team managed to delay the flight a bit and I managed to board just before takeoff.".