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Berwyn Synagogue Hosts Yom Kippur War Physician & Author
On Friday, November 1 Congregation Or Shalom Men's Club Welcomes Georgetown U. Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Itzhak Brook
Congregation Or Shalom's Men’s Club will host a lecture on Friday, November 1 after Friday night services featuring physician and author Dr. Itzhak Brook. Currently a professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Brook will discuss his book, In The Sands of Sinai: A Physician’s Account of the Yom Kippur War.
Dr. Brook’s presentation will include a description of the historical background of the Yom Kippur War and its effects on the Israeli society, as well as his own personal experiences and challenges as a battalion physician in the Sinai.
"October 1973: A young physician in Israel prepares to celebrate the Jewish High Holidays with his wife and children," begins the amazon.com synopsis of his book. "Suddenly a military invasion changes his life forever. This book chronicles the author's transformation from a civilian to a wartime doctor. In vivid personal details, the author Itzhak Brook, a veteran of both the Israeli Defense Forces and the United States Navy, recounts his first experience in war. He describes his own doubt and misgivings of being a physician facing the daily struggle of survival in the Sinai battle zone. Expecting to heal his soldiers’ physical combat wounds, Brook unexpectedly must address his soldiers’ psychological battlefield trauma. In unvarnished details from the mundane to the catastrophic, he describes his perspective of a war that shaped his own life, and his nation's fragile identity."
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Friday night Shabbat services begin at 7:30 pm. Dr. Brook's lecture is expected to begin at 8:15 pm. A full schedule of upcoming Or Shalom events can be found at the synagogue’s website: www.orshalom.com.
About Congregation Or Shalom Known as the Conservative synagogue of the western Main Line, Or Shalom is a family-oriented community of religious worship, lifelong education, inclusiveness, spiritual guidance, and Jewish life cycle support led by Rabbi Kami Knapp. For more information, contact the synagogue’s office at 610-644-9086 or email at office@orshalom.com.
