By Leah Garber Love is in the air. We all know how it feels when you love someone—whether family members or close friends. The heart expands, we feel a bit … Continued
Archives for October 2023
Day 24: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber On Saturday, October 7, at 9:27 a.m. Roni Eshel wrote to her mother, Sharon: “Hey mom, I’m fine, I’m on duty, don’t worry, I love you.” Sharon … Continued
Day 20: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber When poet Haim Gouri, z”l, an Israel Prize laureate, was asked about his well-being, he would answer: “I am doing as well as my country is,” which … Continued
Day 19: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber The parents of October 7, 2023 “A global humanitarian catastrophe” is how Rachel Goldberg-Poulin—the mother of 23-year-old Hersh who was kidnapped to Gaza after the massacre at … Continued
Day 18: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber The human spirit. Stronger than any wall, more stable than solid rock, it will withstand storms and overcome attempts to break it, and, yes, even to the … Continued
Day 17: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber The truth: In an orderly world, there is truth, which is backed by facts, by proofs. In a distorted world, the standards by which injustices are responded … Continued
Day 13: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber As the days go by, more and more horrors are revealed from the monstrous atrocities of the Hamas massacre. The things we are seeing and hearing are … Continued
Day 12: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber Following visits to Israel by myriad leaders the world over—Germany’s chancellor, Romania’s prime minister, the U.S. secretary of state with U.S. senators, president of the European Commission, … Continued
Day 11: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber Thirty-five-year-old Major Omri Michaeli, a fighter in one of the IDF’s elite units, was killed during the fighting in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. During Operation Protective Edge in … Continued
Day 10: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber Is there a more painful, horrifying, moving image than this collage showing the kidnapped and missing children, all being held hostage in Gaza? Will these beautiful, happy … Continued