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Day 199 Of The War: ‘This Pesach, It’s All Bitter Herb’

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Day 183 Of The War: The Sites of The Shoah

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Day 177 of The War: Finally A Breakthrough In Kaplan?

31.03.2024 20

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Day 161 Of The War: Visiting Yeruham Again

16.03.2024 30

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Day 148 Of The War: How To Fight Despair

02.03.2024 20

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Day 133 Of The War: It’s Still Going On

16.02.2024 30

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Day 121 of the War: The Comfort of Comradery

04.02.2024 20

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Day 91 Of The War: We Are In Limbo

06.01.2024 20

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Day 87 Of The War: “Removal Now”

02.01.2024 20

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Day 84 Of The War: Freedom Is A Great Privilege

30.12.2023 20

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Day 81 Of The War: In Front Of A Locked Gate

27.12.2023 30

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Day 78 Of The War: Back In Israel

23.12.2023 20

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Day 32 Of The War: He Died From A Broken heart

Several years ago, I hosted a Dialogue Meeting in my home, this type of meeting is one of the most important activities of the Parents Circle, an...

07.11.2023 20

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Day 31 of the War: The Input of Older People

Since I started helping pack meals in a restaurant in the beginning of the war, I’ve noticed that many of the returning volunteers are older people....

07.11.2023 40

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Day 30 of the War: Volunteering Isn’t for Everyone

Yesterday, a good friend asked me to write a post on my blog about people who do not contribute to the war effort. I thought it was an excellent...

06.11.2023 20

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Day 29 Of The War: Surge Of Antisemitism

Yesterday, Israel’s National Security Council and Foreign Ministry issued a joint warning to Israelis, advising them to reconsider traveling abroad,...

04.11.2023 4

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Day 28 Of The War : Anis Cultural Center Brings Hope

Today, on the 28th day of the war that followed Hamas’s slaughter on October 7th, there were quite a few important speeches related to the war....

04.11.2023 8

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Day 26 of the War: War Time Routine

This morning, after I finished my usual morning exercise, rowing on the Yarkon River, I strolled towards the Tel Aviv Port, on my way to the vegan...

02.11.2023 20

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Day 25 Of The War: The Day After The War

Over the last decade, I have participated in several Israeli-Palestinian activities. The most meaningful project was initiated by the Parents’...

31.10.2023 5

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Day 24 Of The War: The Comfort Of Patriotic Signs?

As I drive around Tel Aviv and its vicinity, I can’t avoid the myriad of  signs with patriotic slogans. Until recently, when Netanyahu was still...

31.10.2023 4

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Day 23 of the War: A Late Night Tweet

My late husband used to say that he learned how to lie and cheat in the Israeli army. One of the things he learned was that it was much better to act...

30.10.2023 7

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Day 22 of the War: Nothing Prepared Me for That

I still can’t believe it. Exactly three weeks ago, on Shabbat October 7th, our world as we knew it fell apart. This is the third time it has...

29.10.2023 6

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Day 21 of the war: Guns and the wild East

After the shock of October 7th, thousands of people in Israel have applied for gun permits, alluding to the famous Holocaust saying: “I won’t go...

27.10.2023 10

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Day 20 Of The War: Leisure Activity and Back To Mourning

Yesterday afternoon, I had my first leisure activity since the beginning of the war, and it turned out to be connected to this time and place. Before...

27.10.2023 4

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Day 19 Of The War: A Testimony Of A Released Hostage

The way the released hostage,  Yocheved Lifshitz, chose to introduce herself at the press conference might sound like a mere formality, but I believe...

26.10.2023 10

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Day 18 Of The War: The Warnings Of Women Wage Peace

The Movement Women Wage Peace was founded in 2014, toward the end of the war in Gaza, known as Operation Protective Edge. During the nine years that...

25.10.2023 20

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Day 17 Of The War: Where Are The Women?

The last decade was good for women: we were hopeful and felt that women in Israel have  finally begun to crack the glass ceiling.  More women were...

23.10.2023 7

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Day 16 Of The War: Seemingly Unrelated Death

In the midst of our national tragedy and this horrific wartime crisis, personal tragedies do occur. Two days ago, I learned that the mother of a...

23.10.2023 8

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Day 15 Of The War: Israeli Arabs A Post By Yael Treidel

I had planned to write a post about the situation of Israeli Arabs during these difficult times. However, when I saw that my friend Yael Treidel, a...

21.10.2023 10

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Day 14 Of The War: Another Week

This week, I tried to establish something resembling a routine. Every morning, I volunteered at a small vegan restaurant in Tel Aviv where I helped...

21.10.2023 40

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Day 13 of the War: Interviewing People Who Lost Their World

Today on the radio, I heard a female reporter speaking to one of the survivors of the pogrom on October 7th. She is an 84-year-old widow from Kibbutz...

20.10.2023 6

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Day 12 of the war: A question of solidarity

This war has presented unexpected dilemmas that center around the question of solidarity with our people. As children we heard heroic stories of young...

19.10.2023 4

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Day 11 Of The War: ‘Are You Backing Us?’

This afternoon, I spent a couple of hours sitting with the families of the kidnapped civilians. They had gathered on Kaplan Street, across from the...

17.10.2023 8

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Day 10 of the war: Other people’s tragedies

It has been a little over a week since the massacre in the south of Israel on October 7th. If it was a “regular” death of a loved one, we would...

16.10.2023 8

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Day 9 of the War: The Comfort of Preparing Meals

As an older woman, out of the workforce, and without daily family care, I felt the need to do something and contribute to the war effort. It sounds...

15.10.2023 5

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Day 8 Of The War: ‘My Family Is In Gaza’

This morning, we received a plea to stand in support of a member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the kibbutzim brutally attacked by Hamas. Avihai Brodetz,...

15.10.2023 8

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Day 7 Of The War: ‘A Villa In The Jungle’

A wise woman once told me that when dealing with a traumatic event, it is advisable not to rush and wrap up the whole thing, but rather to allow...

13.10.2023 10

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Day 6 of the War: We Are All Orphans

Alongside all the other tragedies of this war, there is a strong realization, supported by evidence, that we can’t trust those in positions of...

12.10.2023 3

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Day 5 Of The War: Judging Right from Wrong

Since Saturday, October 7th, at 6:30 AM, our country has come to a standstill. On Friday night, we were still celebrating the second Hag of Sukkot,...

11.10.2023 7

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Day 4 of the War: Taking Part in the War Effort

People in deep mourning, grappling with loss, often find themselves in a state of apathy and listlessness, making it nearly impossible to physically...

11.10.2023 40

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Day 3 of the War: Bring Back the Hostages

Today is the third day of the war, and it’s fair to say that we are still in shock. The streets are empty, and in my neighborhood in Ramat Gan,...

09.10.2023 10

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Shabbat 40th: A War

Yesterday, on the second Shabbat of Sukkot, at 6:30 in the morning, we, the residents of central Israel, woke up to the unexpected sound of sirens. It...

08.10.2023 10

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Shabbat 39th: Not the Summer of Avia

Last night, during the 39th Shabbat of the protest against the judicial overhaul, I experienced a moment of panic. At 7 p.m., I arrived at Habima...

01.10.2023 20

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The Public Prayer At Habima Square

Last Saturday, the day before Yom Kippur eve, I attended the demonstration in Jerusalem in front of the President’s Residence. It was a respectful...

29.09.2023 9

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Shabbat 38th: The Demonstration in Jerusalem

The poster for the 38th Shabbat demonstration, in front of the President’s Residence, in Jerusalem was very appealing, especially for someone of my...

24.09.2023 10

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Sunday 37th: Marching From Rothschild To kaplan

It wasn’t easy for me to leave the house yesterday evening and join the march from Rothschild Boulevard to Kaplan. After hosting a  Rosh Hashana...

18.09.2023 20

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Shabbat 36th in Kaplan: The Dialogue Meetings

Seven years ago, I participated in the Narrative project of the Parents Circle, an organization founded by bereaved Jewish and Palestinian families...

10.09.2023 10

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