Utah rabbi shares experience after returning from Israel
11/22/2023 07:10:22 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah rabbi returned to the Beehive State on Tuesday, after spending a week in Israel, a month and a half after the attack coordinated by Hamas.
Rabbi Sam Spector with Congregation Kol Ami left for Israel on Sunday, November 12.
He went to Israel as part of a delegation of about a dozen rabbis from across the country, called 'Amplify Israel'. Rabbi Spector was the only member of that delegation from Utah.
"It was very powerful to be there during this time," said Rabbi Spector.
He says they were largely in Tel Aviv, but went to Jerusalem and a couple of other places.
Rabbi Spector says they did a lot of volunteer work, visiting communities that had been evacuated and helping those who had been displaced.
By: Chris ArnoldPosted at 10:21 PM, Nov 22, 2023 and last updated 10:21 PM, Nov 22, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah rabbi returned to the Beehive State on Tuesday, after spending a week in Israel, a month and a half after the attack coordinated by Hamas.
Rabbi Sam Spector with Congregation Kol Ami left for Israel on Sunday, November 12.
He went to Israel as part of a delegation of about a dozen rabbis from across the country, called 'Amplify Israel'. Rabbi Spector was the only member of that delegation from Utah.
"It was very powerful to be there during this time," said Rabbi Spector.
He says they were largely in Tel Aviv, but went to Jerusalem and a couple of other places.
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Rabbi Spector says they did a lot of volunteer work, visiting communities that had been evacuated and helping those who had been displaced.
"We also met with many families who were bereaved from having lost loved ones in this war or on October 7," said Rabbi Spector.
He says he got to meet family members of hostages and hear their stories and from others who lost loved ones during the war.
"I'm a father and a husband and I heard from a man who lost his leg in the war, on October 7 and his 15-year-old son was killed in his arms and his wife also died in his arms and hearing his story is something I'll never forget," said Rabbi Spector.
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