by Sarah Zadok | Jun 24, 2025 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Pictured above: People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) The last 18 hours or so were scored with the sound of sirens,...
by Sarah Zadok | Jun 18, 2025 | Israel
We’ve had a lot of drone activity in our parts lately. Iranian, Syrian, I don’t know…but when the siren sounds, we move quickly. Today, after we got the all-clear to leave the shelter, I did a little Rising Lion-style fit check. I’ll explain. ...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 2, 2024 | Israel, Personal Development
Sweet Gd of Heaven and Earth. Gd of all that is, was, and will be. Gd of inner, Gd of outer. Gd of above, Gd of beyond. Gd of our Fathers. Gd of our mothers. Gd of our children. Gd of our brothers and our sisters. Listen. . . . I love you. Even while my heart beats...
by Sarah Zadok | Sep 25, 2024 | Israel, Personal Development
Things have heated up in the north. Thank Gd, our family is just fine. Our community is just fine. There has not been any direct rocket or drone activity in our particular community at this time. Tfu-tfu. The same cannot be said for our neighbors and friends. Keep...
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...