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Holocaust survivor Blanche Feinberg was hidden during the German occupation of Belgium. When I visited Blanche in her Palm Beach County home she recalled the righteous gentiles that saved her life. “I was born July 4th, 1934 in Antwerp, Belgium. My father’s name was Bernard Wochennark and my mother was Tillie Delman.

The 50 days between Passover and Shavuot are commonly known as Sefirat Ha’omer (Leviticus 23:15, 16). From a biblical perspective, these days relate to the barley offering brought on the second day of Passover and the wheat offering brought on the festival of Shavuot. These are days of hope that the produce from the ground grow fruitfully and plentifully. Not coincidentally, the Hebrew for 50 is chamishim, which recalls the word chamsin, the hot, often destructive wind prevalent during that time of year.

MIAMI — The short-term rentals turned into a shorter term than the Miami Heat anticipated. So that makes the question with both Delon Wright and Patty Mills whether they will follow in the footsteps of Luke Babbitt, Solomon Hill, Nemanja Bjelica, Trevor Ariza and Cody Zeller, exiting in as much of a flash as they arrived. Typically, the Heat way has been to load up on experience directly ahead of the playoffs, then move on to the next wave of development of youth. For his part, Wright, 32, hopes there can be more. “It was a fun experience for me, over the past two months I’ve been here,” Wright said, with the Heat now into their second week of their offseason after their first-round ouster by the Boston Celtics.

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JERUSALEM — Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in the Gaza Strip that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times. The unit, known as the General Security Service, relied on a network of Gaza informants, some of whom reported their own neighbors to police.