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...
I wanted to give you a super-quick update on my podcast, Leadership Live, because I’m excited to share and I want to ask for your help. I am now standing at nearly 80,000 unique downloads and that is something to celebrate! I’ve had the opportunity to speak to many...
Last week, we experienced an event that shook our entire nation. Three hostages managed to escape from their captors in Gaza. They ran out of a building with their hands up, white flag raised and shirts lifted. Tragically they were mistaken for terrorists and shot by...
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...
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...
How are you? For the last 17 days, the most normal of questions, the question that usually just rolls off our tongue without thinking, has become the hardest question to answer. When someone asks me, How are you? I pause and think. I don’t know how to answer the...
Every morning I wake up and for a split second, before I’m completely awake, while my mind is still a bit foggy from sleep, I simply forget that life here in Israel has literally been turned upside-down. For that split second, I think nothing has really changed and...
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