When I heard that Ezra Schwartz’s family was planning to be in Gush Etzion, I knew that I would be there as well. It didn’t matter what day it would be, or what time they would arrive, or where in the Gush they were planning to be – but I knew I would be there.… Read More In Love and Support
Amidst the bloodshed and the terror are so many hidden gems in this Land of ours. It is such a breath of fresh air to get a glimpse of businesses that are booming, people who continue to work together through the conflict, and places where Israeli innovations are bursting onto the scene and making the… Read More Tehina, Technology & Tunes
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
Recently, I worked to equip myself with the tools, once again, to protect myself and my family as I go to the grocery store, bring my kids to their basketball practices, go out to work and attempt to live what should be an ordinary and peaceful day, each day, as a working mom raising six… Read More Caliber 3: Anti Terror Trifecta
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
Yakir’s fifth birthday is this Shabbat, and I always find myself nostalgic at their birthdays. I go back and look at pictures from their births and first years, I look through albums and I remember. With this child, it was even easier to do so since Yakir’s entire life has been on Facebook. As I… Read More Birthday Nostalgia
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
I posted this article yesterday on the Times of Israel website. Here is the original article posted there: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-phone-call-away/ I’m posting it here for those who might not see it, and for a record for myself. A Phone Call Away Recently, while at work, I received a call. The caller was talking for a few minutes… Read More A Phone Call Away
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
