“The Israelis are the strongest in the world, when we are united, we are invincible.”

“The Israelis are the strongest in the world, when we are united, we are invincible.”
Whenever I told people I was going to Israel, they always said the same thing. “Why? Why would you go now? It’s a war zone.”
By Debra Rich Gettleman Everything changed on October 7th, 2023. The world felt different; more frightening, more chaotic, more imbalanced. Collectively, Jews all over the globe felt the horrific pain that Hamas had inflicted. At first, we felt the world had our...
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news By Sivan Rahav Meir Translated by Yehoshua Siskin Invitation to the Western Wall These days, when there is so much advice going around on how to cope, here’s another suggestion: Come to the Western...
We are fighting a physical war on the ground as well as a spiritual war for our own people
By Cindy Saltzman The first time I met Adele Raemer was during a Zoom interview. She wore a T-shirt with Hebrew letters on it that I couldn’t quite make out. When asked what it said, she replied, “Oh, I had the other one on before. I’m bilingual.” She pulled up a...
“Listen to your kids,” Dr. Rich advises. “Ask them what questions they have and reassure them that they are safe and will continue to be safe.
This isn’t a fight against the Palestinian people.
Elie Wiesel said, “Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
Here’s a secret about Israeli society. If there had been ten people murdered and four people kidnapped we would be as horrified and stressed out as we are with 1400 murdered and 245 kidnapped.
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