I had an incredible experience at both my Shabbat dinner and lunch that Jeff set me up with. I had Friday night dinner with the Page family. They were so warm and welcoming to me and all my friends.
Their food was amazing, and we all loved getting to know them and talking to them about life in Israel, our lives, etc. The next day we went to the Perez’s for lunch. The food was superb, and it was amazing how they had so many guests over. I think they had about 30 people! They were just as welcoming to us, and it was so nice to feel like we had a home with people we had just met! It was truly an experience I will never forget.
Also, I know you wanted to get the word out to more people about setting people up for Shabbat. Let me know how I can help because I can tell people in my sorority about it!
Best,
Jess
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.
