#00002 Rebecca Bell on what it means to matter and what really happened to Jimmy Hoffa

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When</span> <strong>Rebecca Bell</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was a child her father told her a special date on the Jewish calendar on which a prayer would be that much more potent. Rebecca set an alarm to wake up in the middle of the night. She rushed to her window, threw it open, and sent a prayer up into the Brooklyn sky. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“God, please make me feel important”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rebecca takes us through her journey of discovering purpose and meaning over the course of her life. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>We discuss:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How her grandfather enlisted the Klu Klux Klan to help him build the first Synagogue in Ulster County</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it was like to make a name for herself in the male dominated newsrooms of the mid-twentieth century</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How being escorted through the rose garden to the press area by Jimmy Carter invited the scorn of her male colleagues</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being handed an Emmy by Henry Kissinger</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What really happened to Jimmy Hoffa</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The effects of reporting from within war zones on her mental health and how she found her own personal path of healing</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Resource Links:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/irish-republican-army"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/irish-republican-army</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Jesus-Transforming-Mind-Perspective/dp/1590305809"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Jesus-Transforming-Mind-Perspective/dp/1590