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Hannah Gaventa: You lived in the Philippines? But are there any Jews there? This is a common response when I inform people that I spent the past year as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Philippines Coordinator, as part of my JDC Entwine-Pears Fellowship. 
Well yes, actually. I lived in Manila, which is home to a lovely, warm, welcoming and vibrant Jewish community, and the country has had a long Jewish presence — including a fascinating chapter involving President Manuel Quezon, together with JDC, saving Jewish refugees from the Holocaust. 
That is not what brought me to the Philippines, however. 
One of my first site visits this year was to a small remote island called Bintuan, off the coast of Palawan, where I met a representative of the Tagbanua tribe. Manahan Abella, also known fondly as "Tatay" or "Father," is the same age as my own dad. He lives with his community of 36 families and they are one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Philippines.





The modern olive press at Deir Hanna’s northwest edge. Photo by Moshe Gilad

Moshe Gilad: Our next stop is the modern olive press at Deir Hanna’s northwest edge. It’s the afternoon, and this large place is crowded with people. 
At the entrance is a short line of men toting their family’s olives from the morning harvest. Each one fills several yellow plastic containers with the oil that oozes out of the machine. The air is filled with the aroma of olive oil. 
Large signs explain that there are two production lines here — one for "regular" olives and one for olives grown organically. The last stop is a wonderful candy store called Hilwat Asham in the center of the village. 
A young woman brings over a small tray of delicacies — sweet kanafeh, a tiny baklava pastry and other unnamed sweets that melt in your mouth. As we sip our cold lemonade, we turn our attention to the bits of honey left on the tray.

||de-planing||

kyuzoaoi: Flag of the South China/West Philippine Sea
Here I am in the Philippines, after de-planing (read: getting off the plane – my new favourite Filipino phrase makes me giggle every time!) in Manila almost a month ago as the Philippines Coordinator for JDC, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. http://www.jdc.org/where-we-work/asia/philippines-relief 
I am lucky enough to be one of 20 Jewish Service Corps Fellows this year, who are placed all over the world working with JDC. Each role is unique and the work in Argentina differs to the work in Turkey or the work in Ethiopia. I recommend checking out other blogs here: http://jdcentwine.org/jsc 
This year I will be based in Manila and working with partner organisations all over the Philippines to assist in the recovery effort after the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.
However, a word I’ve heard repeatedly here is ‘resilience’; the Filipino strength, integrity and resilience remains.
It has truly been an honour to be here on behalf of JDC and represent the Jewish community in assisting the recovery in any way we can. I’m looking forward to learning more throughout my year and hopefully to share with you! 
I will be spending my first Filipino Rosh Hashana this week with the small but vibrant Jewish community based in Manila. More about this wonderful community in a future blog… 
Shana Tova 
Hannah
Dean Devlin: This is a film I'm enormously passionate about! I'm making it my personal mission to get this film seen around ... Hannah, you've made a brilliant, emotional and original film. A remarkable achievement! I'm so rooting for this movie!

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||There is no travel Ban to North Korea, AZ of this time.|| - DFA

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ZhyKitty: 40,000 Americans a year are dropping dead from lack of access to care. That's roughly 109 a DAY!
Conatus: That is an appalling statistic. As a foreigner, it is inconceivable to me that this could happen in such a country.

||Third-Culture Kids|| Hide and Sikh
This is a notable statement, in lieu of the 40,000 Asherim that aligned themselves with David as he ascended the throne of Shaul: ||40,000 are in Israel, mostly as caregivers.|| ||Asher appears to have had at no time a close connection with the body of Israel. In the light of this outstanding fact, it is not easy to understand how it could have become so loyal at any later date as to send 40,000 men to join the standard of David|| (1 Divrei Hayamim 12:36).

Moshe: May Reuven live and not die out, and may his people be counted in the census. May this [also be] for Yhudah. ||Espia said that in the Israeli apartment where they shot most of the scenes, the Filipino tenant recounted how she used to hide her 6-year-old daughter under the bed to escape deportation. |When we were shooting some of the scenes ... the Filipinos ... who were watching cried because I think that’s something they can really relate to,| Espia said.||

HAR ANNA

Suburban Cornstalks {24 Danville @ 30 Danville, Bicol}
“If you start to talk to your environment in musical form, your sincerity in your person will really be revealed:” ~ HARANA


"Guitar Duo of Michael Dadap (husband of Yo-Yo Ma's sister) and Florante Aguilar perform Joselinang Baliwag, the most popular song during the revolution against Spain in the 1800s. Arranged by Michael Dadap for 2 guitars, the song is part of the Folkloric Suite in Dadap and Aguilar's upcoming duo album. This footage is also an excerpt from the upcoming film Harana directed by Benito Bautista and produced by Fides Enriquez. Music video edited by Emma Francisco."

Introducing Ya'el

philSTAR Transit: “All my lines are in Hebrew so I had to learn the language and certain pronunciation of words that’s very difficult to acquire because we were doing tutorials over Skype. But when we started shooting in Israel and hearing people speak in Hebrew, I found it easier to pronounce or actually make something like the phlegm sound. It was very difficult although I can do it with French; it’s still so different from Hebrew. I have an Israeli actor playing my boyfriend, Omer Juran. He helped me how to deliver my lines with right pronunciation and emotion. Tita Irma played like a real mom to me during our shoot in Israel. She helped me a lot and I’m so thankful to her. During free days, we explore Jerusalem together.” ~ Jasmine Casandra Ojales Curtis-Smith

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.