"You can feel the death here," said my roommate of a few days, as we passed each other at the Nova Festival site, after each exploring it on our own for about fifteen minutes. A casual remark said without any emotion, on a beautiful sunny day at around 5pm - the time of day where you have to be careful which side you take a picture from, as one way will face the shining sun as it gets ready to set, and the other will give your shot exquisite lighting.

To imagine mastering a practice with such grace, that you could be stolen by a terrorist group and manage to not just sustain your own light but spread it - teach it - bringing light into the darkest tunnels of horror - that is nothing short of holy work.

Out of 250 faces of strangers all over Tel Aviv, Itay's was the one that leaped off the page and straight into my heart.

"So much for 'Never Again,'" said Lena Kosinovsky in a text to me last Saturday, as we shared the thoughts so many of us did about how...

It must take a minute to digest that he is home – that after 16 months of horror and agony – that her father came back to her family alive.

I imagined IRAN listening to this, and my blood went cold. My heart stopped beating.

These girls were the eyes of Israel. They were tasked with watching the border with Gaza - that's it - and they saw this attack was coming.

It is difficult for me to contemplate what could be going through these women's minds as I write this at 7:23am in Charlotte, North...

The cursor has been blinking below these six names and faces. I haven't known where to begin because there are so many emotions swirling,...

This is the story of Alon Ohel, based on my interview with his mother in Israel in February. I heard Alon's piano playing on the news...

For Israelis and those of us paying attention, today's move by Hamas was predictable. On the day Israel dropped its flyers in Arabic into...

Six months ago yesterday, 133 people woke up on a fairly normal Thursday. Some were up with the sun practicing yoga, while others made...

On February 7th, Shani Louk would have celebrated her 23rd birthday. Instead, her family and friends gathered at a reception for the...

Michael said he would get Or home - even if he had to turn the world upside down - and Michael did it - with the help of countless miracles.

It had seemed like such a good idea, after 37 days of tears by myself in Charlotte. The families of the hostages had been on every...

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you very much. I chose this path myself. I've lived a good and interesting life. Nevertheless, I have never...

Something unknown by many abroad but well-known in Israel is that as horrific as the October 7th terror attack on Israel was, with 1400...

It's important to keep a routine as best as possible in Israel, despite the prevalence and randomness of sirens going off, and it was...

I feel the weight of the old man's story, which is really the story of Israel, and the weight we all feel, as the tension won't relent and t

On October 7th, I woke up in Charlotte, North Carolina and went to the Piedmont Farmer’s Market, which has become my weekly tradition on...