The other week I found myself crying over the simple act of making a sandwich. Omelette, cream cheese and tomato; normal enough. And yet there

Recently, someone from Israel was visiting Manhattan and sent me videos of the Macy’s holiday windows. Little children mannequins all spruced up in red velvety

They say man plans and God laughs. As our family was shopping and preparing for three days of meals with friends on our yishuv home

A short while ago, I bumped into a friend whom I hadn’t seen since college. She had just made aliyah with her husband and kids

This Yom Hazikaron I’ll light a candle in memory of all the fallen soldiers I light this candle for you For every mother and father

Hi, Noach, thank you so much for agreeing to talk with me. I know you are so busy wrapping up your army service. Can you

I have a confession to make: I pick up hitchhikers. I know what that sounds like. I’ve lived most of my life in a world

A little over two weeks ago, many parts of Israel were set on fire. Many areas were torched and burned, left with only the blackened

Since I’ve made aliyah over four years ago, something invariably happens to me this time of year. Maybe it’s because I’m an autumn baby born

There are over 6,300 lone soldiers currently serving in the IDF—6,300. I can’t begin to wrap my head around that staggering statistic. It is already

The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin was founded in 2009 by a group of lone soldiers aware of and concerned with the

  This July marked our family’s four-year Aliyah anniversary. Ironically, my husband and I spent it in the States, so it passed us by like a