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...

What must it be like to be laid to rest after all you've been through? The 98 days alive in Gaza - and the 326 days not?

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,...

We are bound in our love for each other and our rich past, entwined in our current struggles and standing as one in a vow for our future.

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...

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...

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...

The past week has been surreal, with human beings stolen from their homes or a party to rot in dark tunnels for seven endless weeks -...