by Sarah Zadok | Oct 23, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Photo credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Today’s update is gonna be quick. It’s been 17 days since all hell broke loose in these parts. Today was the first day I traveled to work in Beit Shemesh – a two and half hour’s ride, each way, south, on...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 22, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Photo credit: Jalaa MAREY / AFP, October 15, 2023. Israeli tanks positioned in the north of Israel near the border with Lebanon Shabbat was good. But strange. There was a lot of activity in the sky. Airplanes, helicopters, lots of rumbling. All this punctuated by...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 20, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Shabbat is coming. The brisket is in the oven, sourdough is baked, and banana muffins ready to rock n’ roll. Chezi is cleaning the floor downstairs while I take a few minutes to pen some words to share with you all before shabbat. A few moments from today: Our...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 19, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
We live in the Golan Heights. 4.3 miles from the Syrian border (as the missile files). There have been a few mortars fired into the Golan from what appears to rag-tag rebels looking for some action. Thank Gd, no one was hurt. Mostly it’s quiet here. We hear...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 18, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Even the deepest wounds develop scar tissue. That’s what day 12 of this war feels like to me. I awoke with the thought that maybe I -and we- have healed enough to know for sure that we will make it through. True, the wounds are still fresh. Deep. We are still...
by Sarah Zadok | Oct 17, 2023 | Israel, Personal Narrative
Time moves differently these days. Most of the day, I feel like I’m racing time. I don’t have much to share today. I sat in the garden this morning with Shahar and he told me about the funeral. He marveled at the depth of the sadness and the strength of Amitay’s...