Episode #7: Dr. Dodi Tobin
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Dr. Dodi Tobin is a Jewish educator who teaches for the Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies. She grew up in Skokie, Illinois, and then, following her first five years of marriage to her husband, Marc, they made Aliyah together with three of their four children. Dodi was part of the founding team of Nefesh B’Nefesh, has been teaching Torah for almost 20 years, and, as you will hear, is passionate about teaching others about living life authentically.  Today, Dodi, Marc and their family live in Bet Shemesh, and that’s where I sat with her earlier this week to Return Again to her Aliyah story. 00:00 - Intro 01:51 - Childhood 06:58 - The Search for an Authentic Life Begins 17:00 - Finding Marc... Finding a Home 26:41 - Dodi's Career Path 38:48 - From Therapist to Educator 45:46 - NBN ... and Lice! 52:51 - Dodi's Cancer Fight and Navigating the Israeli Health Care System 1:03:31 - Family and Children 1:13:29 - Rapid-fire Questions
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