Today marks one year since the war began, forever altering life here in Israel. On 6 October 2023, I was training for a marathon, planning a trip to Amsterdam, and embracing the Jewish New Year with its festivities, holidays, family time, and joy. The next day, 7...
One minute silence. The whole country stops what they’re doing. Wherever we are – at home, on the highway, walking in the street, sitting in a meeting – we all stop, stand up and become silent for a minute. Yesterday was Memorial Day in Israel. A day to remember all...
Since the last time I wrote my war diaries on Day 115, more than a month has passed and the reality of living life in a war continues. Today marks 150 days, 134 hostages. We’re closing on 5 months now. It’s a staggering reality, one I’ve come to term as...
Yesterday I went on a trip to the South of Israel, where the October 7 attack took place. It was January 7, exactly 3 months after. We were a group who went to bear witness to the atrocities and show that we care, that we see the people who are so painfully impacted...
This piece of writing is not mine. It expresses so beautifully what life is like in Israel at the moment and I wanted to share it further. Credit goes to Chana Wurtzel who wrote it. IF YOU LIVE HERE, YOU KNOW… If you live here, you know what it is to wake up...
Here we are, 2 months into the war, as we navigated through a week that’s been an emotional rollercoaster.The thing we most wanted, what we were waiting and praying for, was coming to fruition. Our hostages came home.Every day, for 7 days, we saw a batch of...
The last time I wrote an entry for my war diaries was day 32. I just haven’t been able to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and write my thoughts for the last 2 weeks. We’re on day 45 – whoever thought it would be this long and still, no end...
In the Jewish tradition, 30 days of mourning is a significant milestone in the mourning cycle after losing a loved one. It’s called Shloshim and counting from the massacre of October 7th, that day is today. As you work through the stages of grief – denial,...
Last night we had a sliver of light in the darkness. We rejoiced at the brave rescue of one of the hostages, Ori Megidish, 19 years old, from a Gaza tunnel, by the IDF. A young girl who was taken, is now back with her family, back home. Together with the 4 hostages...
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