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As Covid-19 slowly subsides, many states and cities are easing lockdown restrictions and returning somewhat t normalcy. For a few months, most of us were required to stay indoors. During those tough times of uncertainty, many of us prevailed with acts of good deeds and expression of kindness for our families and friends.
Acts of good deeds and kindness, or Gemilut Chasadim in Hebrew, are often referred to as mitzvot (a commandment in Jewish Law). Please share with us a mitzvah, an act of kindness, that you did during the Corona lockdown. Wherever you may be in the world, we would love to hear from you. Please send us a few lines describing your positive deed or mitzvah, and how you inspired others.
George Deek is an Arab-Israeli diplomat. In 2018, Deek was appointed Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan. He is the first Israeli Arab Christian to become an ambassador. Deek grew up in an Eastern Orthodox Christian family in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, in a building where the other tenants included Muslims, Catholics, Jews and a Catholic priest of Jewish ancestry.[2][3] His father, who worked as a tax advisor,[3] was one of the leaders of the Christian community in Jaffa who served as chairman of the Orthodox Association, and was considered a well-known and popular figure in the city until in 2015 a square was inaugurated in his memory in Jaffa in the presence of Mayor Ron Huldai.[4] According to Deek, his grandparents fled to Lebanon for safety when the 1947–1949 Palestine war, having been told that the Jews would slaughter them if they remained in their homes, but expecting to return home once Arab armies defeated the Jews.[3] According to Deek, when the war ended, his grandparents felt that they had been “deceived”, and decided to return illegally to their home in Jaffa rather than remaining in Lebanon as refugees. Since reentering the country was illegal, Deek’s grandfather, an electrician, was arrested and jailed.
