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Navigating Life in Israel as an Olah & Working Mom of 6 Young Men

Category: Gilad Shaar

— building the land, Eyal Yifrach, funerals, Gilad Shaar, Gush Etzion, Naftali Frenkel, Nefesh B'Nefesh —

Not Boxed In

July 1, 2014

We all have boxes that we check off when something bad happens. I assume a psychologist would tell me that it’s a coping mechanism and that it’s human nature to do so. Someone is killed at 10 pm on a busy street next to a movie theater and you think in your mind, “Well, I’m… Read More Not Boxed In

— Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, murder, Naftali Frenkel, soldiers —

The Right to Live

June 30, 2014

I stare at the blank screen and all I see is tears. My tears are staining my hands as I write, staining my shirt, staining the keyboard. We are a people who has endured and endured and endured.  And risen again.  But it doesn’t get any easier.  Ever. They were taken from under our noses.… Read More The Right to Live

— #bringbackourboys, Eyal Yifrah, food, Gilad Shaar, kidnapping, Naftali Frenkel, Neve Daniel, soldiers —

They are ALL Our Boys

June 24, 2014

Last night, we got an email from the yishuv at about 6 pm that said, “Soldiers are on their way for dinner! Get into your kitchens and get ready to welcome them.” And two hours later, the 80-100 soldiers piled out of their buses, tired and hungry. And boy were they fed. Someone in the… Read More They are ALL Our Boys

— Bring Back Our Boys, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Israel, kidnapping, Naftali Frenkel —

Nothing Else Matters

June 14, 2014

There is no other news in this country right now. There is simply nothing else to think about, to talk about, to write about. My boys are missing. Three of them. Scratch that. They aren’t missing – they’ve been taken – kidnapped – abducted by people whose sole goal in life is to destroy us.… Read More Nothing Else Matters

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