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

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— ceasefire, Israel at war, Israel under fire, Israeli life —

From Cemetery to Ceasefire

January 17, 2025

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of the fall of Ephraim Jackman, a friend and neighbor who died defending all of us in our war against terror. Ephraim fell in Gaza and I think most of us at the cemetery probably remember where we were at the moment that we heard the terrible news a… Read More From Cemetery to Ceasefire

— Gush Etzion, Gush Etzion Junction, Pina Chama —

Giving and Receiving at the Pina Chama

February 16, 2023

I feel like I grow and learn each time that I volunteer at the Pina Chama, the warm corner for soldiers in Gush Etzion. I get so much more than I give. Every time. Yesterday was the birthday of a beautiful boy who we knew for only a brief time, soon after we moved to… Read More Giving and Receiving at the Pina Chama

— Gush Etzion, Pina Chama, reserve soldiers, soldiers —

A Warm Heart for Reserve Soldiers

November 3, 2021

They come with their smiles, packed with equipment, wires, earphones, guns. But they don’t look like the soldiers I know, like the soldier I raised. They look like my coworkers, my neighbors, my friends. They are miluimnikim (reserve soldiers) – they’ve left their jobs for the month, their warm beds, their time with their children.… Read More A Warm Heart for Reserve Soldiers

— Gush Etzion, Gush Etzion Junction, Pina Chama —

With Their Country On Their Backs

May 20, 2021

These are my sons and my daughters. I look at the lot of them sitting around with their feet up and their heads tipped back. Some are smoking outside. Others are checking social media, checking out the news, checking in with Mom. I think about these kids. They could be in a dorm room hanging… Read More With Their Country On Their Backs

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