My Hostages Dream
Every morning, since the war started, I’ve been visualizing all sorts of wonderful things I hope will happen. For example, one by one, I envision each combat soldier I know, telling his grandchildren 50 years from now that once, many years ago, Israel had enemies, and he helped to win Israel’s last war. When I […]
Read MoreThe Soldier’s Baby
This past week I started volunteering as my sons’ school-bus monitor, so that my many neighbors with husbands away at the front (and a house full of little kids) will have one less thing to worry about. Before becoming the bus monitor, I would have assumed that the main topic of conversation among the boys […]
Read MoreBoy Blesses IDF Soldier
A Boy Blesses IDF Soldier Hashem, please watch over our soldiers! And the hostages! And all the people of Israel! Shabbat shalom
Read MoreOperation Tefillin
Operation Tefillin A boy whose entire family was murdered by terrorists this Simchat Torah turns to Zaka with a single request: Please bring me the Tefillin my father received from his father.
Read MoreWar Nachas
Every week, after I light Shabbat candles, I recite the V’Zakeini prayer: ” May I merit to raise children…who light up the world.” Usually when I recite this, a quiet niggling sputters into my ear, “May I merit that that one will become religious. And that one will get married. And that one x, and […]
Read More3 Short Stories from the Evacuees’ Hotel by Racheli Frenkel
[Racheli is a university student volunteering at a Dead-Sea hotel with survivors of the massacre at Kibbutz Beeri, where 10% of the kibbutz members were murdered. By the way, my 18-year-old daughter, Moriya, is a national service girl volunteering at the same hotel.] Here’s a few short stories told by citizens who were evacuated from […]
Read MoreCry, Chana Jenny, Cry
I haven’t cried since that Shoah-Shabbat 2 weeks ago. It’s like I can’t let myself really feel the pain. Because I have to stay strong. For my family. For people who’ve been impacted first hand by tragedy. For myself, so I don’t get sucked down into a rabbit hole of fear and despair. But tonight, […]
Read MorePhotos of Children Held Captive in Gaza
Dozens of children and babies are among the captives being held by Hamas in Gaza. Here are a few of them. Enough violence against innocent children! We want them home, safe and sound! Shavua TOV
Read MoreSderot Evacuee Shares Spotlight with Star Singer Eti Ankri
Last night I attended a special prayer gathering for the wellbeing of our soldiers and hostages organized by evacuees from the South. The star of the evening was Eti Ankri, one of Israel’s most popular singers, who (along with her equally gifted daughter) had volunteered her time to lift the spirits of the evacuees and […]
Read MoreGetting Sad News
Last night my daughter heard from a friend, a young man who is also very dear to my heart, who is a tank commander on the Gaza border. Unfortunately, the news from his unit was not good, one of his soldiers (who was also an old friend of his from yeshiva) had been killed and […]
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