The Rocket at my Door

October 23, 2024

This sits at the entrance to my house. It’s next to the ever-present poyke pot, the bikes, scooters, soccer balls, and abandoned flower pots. Mingled among all of that activity sits a piece of a rocket, shot from Gaza on October 8, 2023 and intended to kill my 17 year old son. And it nearly… Read More The Rocket at my Door

— graduation, gratitude, heroes, high school, Israel, Israel at war —

Gratitude for Graduation

June 16, 2024

On October 6, 2023 70 students from my son’s high school set out together to Sderot. Every year on Simchat Torah they go to another location to sing and dance with the residents and to bring happiness to the area. For the last few years, they’ve been in various communities in Jerusalem, but they decided… Read More Gratitude for Graduation