This was first posted last night on the Times of Israel blog. We remember on Israel Remembrance Day. I remember you, Koby. It was the Spring of 2001 when you were murdered while hiking through the wadi near your home. I remember you, Koby, and the day they were searching for you. I clutched my… Read More I Remember You
This blog was first posted this morning as a Times of Israel blog. Every Holocaust Remembrance Day I feel like a fake. My great grandparents all arrived on the shores of the United States from Russia and Poland in the late 19th century, which means that no one was left behind. No one perished in… Read More The Blessing of Being a Fake
As an immigrant and the mother of six sons, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to read Miriam’s Song. I’ve greatly admired Miriam in the last few years, watching her travel to America, speak about her loss, win awards and discuss her past. But it’s one thing to admire someone from afar, and another to… Read More A Love Song from Miriam Peretz
This was posted today on the Israel Forever Foundation website. Enjoy! If you want to feel a slice of Israeli society, then go and have a mammogram done. (Sorry, guys. I guess you can go for a colonoscopy.) Recently, I took the day off of work in order to have a mammogram. While we are… Read More A Slice of Life in Israel
I am the world’s worst baker. And I’d say I’ve come to terms with my terrible baking, but you have to care about the activity at hand and your own failure in order to come to terms with things. And I don’t care. I’ve always been a bad baker, and I know that I’ll always… Read More Parenting Lessons Learned While the Doughnuts Fry
Posted today on the Times of Israel website. I’m putting it here for those who might not see it and for my records. My son takes horseback riding lessons in Elazar, the town in Gush Etzion right next to ours in Neve Daniel. And the horseback riding area is right at the front of the… Read More Bnei Akiva Saved My Son’s Life
I spent Shabbat wrestling between the joy of my five year old’s birthday, and the knowledge that Sarah Tchiya Litman’s life, and that of her entire family, will never be the same. Driving Friday afternoon to participate in the pre-wedding celebrations for Sarah’s groom, her father and brother were murdered on the road – with… Read More King for a Day
I’m not embarrassed to say that I am, at times during the day, depressed. I get up each day, remembering that yesterday there was another stabbing, another car ramming, another stone throwing that ended in injury, and I have trouble waking up. Honestly. As the terror has gotten closer and closer to home, there are… Read More Just Do It: How You Can Help Us in Israel
We aren’t in the midst of a conflict here in Israel. You read that right. There’s no conflict. A conflict is inherently an event where two parties are engaged in a fight, a battle, a struggle. There’s no conflict in Israel right now. There is terror. Period. Out and out one-sided terror. When I see… Read More There Is No Conflict Right Now In Israel
My kids are constantly reminding me that there is life outside of today’s news. My big boys can’t be sheltered. They follow the news more closely than do I (for better or for worse) and they know through Whatsapp, Facebook and everywhere else what’s happening every second. We check in with them and make sure… Read More Bathtub Bands
