by Sarah Zadok | Sep 1, 2024 | Israel, Personal Development
My Israel hurts. Today we woke to the devasting news that our forces found six of our hostages, dead. They were alive just days ago. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23 Eden Yerushalmi, 24 Carmel Gat, 40 Almog Sarusi, 26 Alexander Lobanov, 32 Ori Danino, 25 Names, faces, and...
by Sarah Zadok | Aug 22, 2024 | Israel, Personal Narrative
It’s a cool, grey-sky morning. I’m sitting in our backyard deck, under the grapevine, drinking black coffee and listening to the birds sing their morning songs. Belle, our new puppy is exploring the garden and chewing on anything she can get her little teeth...
by Sarah Zadok | Mar 6, 2024 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Our sages say we should “rise like a lion” upon waking each morning. I’ve always loved that visual. Far as it may be from my life experience as of late. For the past 152 days, more often than not, I feel tired. Like, fundamentally. Madeline Khan in...
by Sarah Zadok | Mar 4, 2024 | Israel, Personal Development
It’s been a while since I’ve written. I paused because I needed to spend more time living than I was trying to understand and explain what it’s like to be alive. Also, to be honest, I haven’t had all that much to say. I mean, what can I tell...
by Sarah Zadok | Jan 19, 2024 | Israel, Personal Development
It has been a major challenge to bring myself to the page. I have tried to muster up a string of cohesive thoughts to share about how it feels to be a Jewish woman, in the Golan Heights these days. 105 days into this still raging war, with no clear end in sight....