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Recap: Mrs. Bowers goes out, and Hope is left babysitting Bonnie. Diana is busy with her friends. Bonnie starts coughing, and Hope realizes Bonnie is very sick. She has croup. Hope knows what to do, because she remembers how Sarah helped her when she was little, and she had it. Later, Mr. Bowers is home and he shows Hope a photo of his late wife who was the real second cousin and Bonnie’s mother. There is also a photo of a girl that looks like the photo Hope had seen before. She learns the photo is of a girl named Alyson and that Alyson is her older sister. Mr. Bowers doesn’t know where Alyson is now. Mr. Bowers is visited by a man who, he finds out, is part of the KKK and he’s looking for Hope and her parents. Mr. Bowers tells Hope to quickly go to the beauty shop and get a haircut to disguise herself.

A home is often the primary asset that one wishes to preserve when engaging in long-term care planning. If you have the time to plan in advance, you can evaluate if and to whom you will transfer your homestead. If you decide to transfer, the options are transferring to an irrevocable trust and transferring to an individual or individuals. If you transfer to an “exempt” individual (a spouse, disabled child, child who has resided with you for 2 years or more prior to entering a nursing home, a sibling with equity interest who has resided with you for at least a year), there will be no penalty.  If you transfer to someone other than an exempt individual or to an irrevocable trust, Medicaid will impose a period/period of ineligibility if you apply for nursing home Medicaid within 5 years of the transfer.

NEW YORK NEWS

 A group of House Republicans from New York, led by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, has introduced a resolution seeking the expulsion of Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress, citing Santos as a “fraudster” and “stain” on the House and New York State.

NEW YORK NEWS

 In New York City, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, organized by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), rallied in Times Square, stomping on and burning the Israeli flag, displaying swastikas, and chanting “Palestine will be free” while the fight between Israel and Hamas continued. Counter-protesters supporting Israel were also present, leading to verbal clashes and at least one skirmish near the United Nations compound in Midtown.

Recap: Hope and Bonnie enjoy Shabbos at the Jacobsons. Rivkah’s favorite brother Avraham is home. Bonnie lets Hope tuck her into bed.

Recap: Hope enjoyed a Friday night experience at the Jacobsons. The next day, she had to go to work. She was left in charge of the store. When she went to the back to look for something for a customer, there was the sound of someone entering the store. Later, when Mrs. Bowers came to collect the money from the register, she found the amount didn’t match what the receipt said, and she accused Hope of stealing money.