This post first appeared on the Times of Israel website. We’re all home, doing the best we can and hoping for better days ahead. While we look to the future, we need to continually remember our past, and pay respect to those who created our history. With Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) starting tonight and… Read More Remembering, From Our Homes
My two oldest sons have been living out the story of the modern Jewish experience this summer. Matan, who just graduated from high school in Sussya, headed to the Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic on a trip about our shared past, our memories and our pain. He traveled with a group of 50 students… Read More Past, Present and Future
Each time I’ve found out that I was pregnant, I was thrilled – exuberant – for both you and for me. Your last pregnancy, in the Ghetto, was filled with terror and longing. And I’ve tried to replace that with only joy and anticipation. With each birth in the safe, clean hospital, as they’ve put… Read More For You and For Me
It’s not often that you get a history lesson and a story of hope and perseverance from your air conditioning installation guy. But when you live in Israel, that’s par for the course. Last night, our air conditioning specialist, Eliyahu, was over to give us a quote and we got to talking. He mentioned that… Read More Unexpected Inspiration on a Cold Winter Night
