Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
David Pinto inspects his Pinto Winery's Chardonnay white wine grapes at the start of harvest season on July 19, 2022, in the Kerem Yerucham vineyard in Israel's Negev Desert.
By Maayan Hoffman
(JNS) - On Oct. 7, 2023, everything changed for David Pinto.
The co-founder and CEO of Pinto Winery was vacationing in northern Israel, far from his home in Yerucham in the country's south. But when Hamas brutally infiltrated Israel that morning, Pinto, an IDF officer with the rank of major, was immediately called up to serve in the reserves.
It took him a whole day to reach his home, with roads shut down across the country. He gathered his belongings, left his wife and daughters in Jerusalem and spent 170 of the next 22 months fighting for Israel's survival.
The timing could...
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