It’s four days before Passover and I’ve been busy juggling work, housework, watching the kids…all the things we are all doing this week. So when I heard this morning that there was yet another car ramming — a ramming outside of Ofra — and that someone was killed, my heart sank. Because my heart always sinks when… Read More Pausing to Remember Elhai Teharlev
Please stop talking, for one minute, about what did or did not happen on Sunday when a terrorist drove a truck over our children on a beautiful promenade overlooking the Old City in Jerusalem killing four of them and injuring many others. Stop talking about Elor for one minute and the state of the Army,… Read More This Video is My Israel
What was a woman who doesn’t drink doing with 52 bottles of wine in the back of her car? Yes, it was close to Rosh Hashanah, but that certainly wasn’t the full answer. No, she hadn’t suddenly become a wine distributor in her free time….well, not really. So what was she doing? The answer was… Read More Raise a Glass in Memory
This blog was first published at Times of Israel. I cry a lot. I cry over things that touch me, amazing things that people do; I cry at most weddings during the Chuppah, and usually at britot. I also cry at the horrifying things that we see happening in Israel. But I don’t usually cry… Read More Keren Yachad – Together We Can Help
I published this piece today on The Times of Israel. I’m placing it here for those who might not otherwise see it. May we please hear better news soon. 23 year old Shlomit Krigman was buried in Jerusalem today. Yesterday, two Arab terrorists entered her community while she was grocery shopping and stabbed her in… Read More The Worlds That Were Murdered Today With Shlomit
(I published this piece today at The Times of Israel. I’m placing it here for those who wouldn’t see it there.)I want to curl up into a ball at the moment and disappear. I’ve been wanting to do so all day, and have obviously been fighting the burning urge. Because you see, I have as many… Read More Craving the Chaos of Everyday Life
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’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
