Cafe Daat Ashdod – an officer from the Border Police undercover unit, Ms. Lili Knafai, Mr. Roni Akrish
A lecture series at Café Da’at Ashdod on October 8, 2026, from 09:30–13:00. On heroism, family, love, and humanity.
09:30 — An officer from the Border Police undercover unit
He went to the current event after receiving a call from his wife. In the lecture, you will hear about combat, heroism, rescue, and family.
“Courage also means choosing family”
11:00 — Ms. Lily Knafi
During the Yom Kippur War, two months after giving birth to her third daughter, Lily Knafi left her children with her mother, disguised herself as a soldier, and joined her husband, Yehoshua, on the Egyptian front, hiding in an ammunition crate at every stop.
After the Six-Day War, during which she gave birth without knowing what had happened to him, she decided that this time she would not leave him.
“Love also means being present in times of danger”
12:20 — Mr. Roni Akrish
Founder and director of the free People’s University in Jerusalem and Ashdod. A man of ideas, author, lecturer, and poet. Teaches biblical historiosophy.
Topic: From Brother to Enemy — Why Does Humanity Begin with Murder?
“To understand humanity in order to seek another way”
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