{"id":39589,"date":"2015-05-05T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T14:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=39589"},"modified":"2015-05-05T09:16:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T14:16:02","slug":"rabbi_of_nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/rabbi_of_nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rabbi of Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micha Odenheimer is sitting in a restaurant in the Mahaneh Yehudah market in Jerusalem, having a last good meal before taking off for Nepal the following morning. He\u2019d been in Kathmandu barely two weeks earlier, just before the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>As head of the Jerusalem-based NGO Tevel b\u2019Tzedek, which brings young Israeli volunteers to Nepalese villages to support long-term change, Micha regards Nepal as a second home.<\/p>\n<p>A young woman waves at Micha and approaches his table. \u201cWhat\u2019s the situation in Mahadav Besi?\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/the-rabbi-of-nepal\/\">The Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"&quot;http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/r20150428\/r20110914\/abg.js&quot;\"><\/script><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar abgp={el:document.getElementById('abgc'),ael:document.getElementById('abgs'),iel:document.getElementById('abgb'),hw:15,sw:75,hh:15,sh:15,himg:'http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com'+'\/pagead\/images\/adchoices\/icon.png',simg:'http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/images\/adchoices\/en.png',alt:'AdChoices',t:'AdChoices',tw:53,t2:'',t2w:0,tbo:0,att:'adchoices',ff:'',halign:'right',fe:false,fnb:false,iba:false,uic:false,icd:undefined};window.abg &amp;&amp; new window.abg(abgp['el'],abgp['ael'],abgp['iel'],abgp['hw'],abgp['sw'],abgp['hh'],abgp['sh'],abgp['himg'],abgp['simg'],abgp['alt'],abgp['t'],abgp['tw'],abgp['t2'],abgp['t2w'],abgp['tbo'],abgp['att'],abgp['halign'],abgp['ff'],abgp['fe'],abgp['fnb'],abgp['iba'],abgp['uic'],abgp['icd']);\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micha Odenheimer is sitting in a restaurant in the Mahaneh Yehudah market in Jerusalem, having a last good meal before taking off for Nepal the following morning. 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