We Dance Again

I'm not sure about you, but honestly, I cannot follow the news.

As in, I'm watching and reading so much that my iPhone is alarmed by how much time I'm spending doing so.

That being said, none of it makes much sense to me. I read two opposing sides to every story, from many different news sources, and their opinions are screamed loudly, hysterically, and with 100% confidence that their side is right. It is as disturbing as it is fascinating.

And while the rest of the world is arguing over who is right and who is wrong, who is strong and who is weak, who is the David and who the Goliath, the villain and the victor...

I'm trying to keep my focus on the small things I have certainty about- the little things I can understand.

I am not claiming to have clarity around the hostage crisis, about all the sacrifices we have made, and the dangers that abound from the release of the terrorists and the mortal danger that faces the hostages still in G*za...

In all of it- the ethics of which are so painful and heavy, weighing life and death-- I am grateful I am not a decision-maker.

But as a witness to everything our people have been through the last 512 days- as a member of our nation, who has carried these people and these stories in my heart since the beginning-

I can't describe to you the feeling of relief I feel seeing our released hostages experience joy.

Love.

Family.

We said we would dance again.

We said we would sing again.

and this week watching Omer Shem Tov dance with his family with faces of ecstasy and release after returning back home from the hospital,

& Omer Wenkert dancing with his father in a green backyard surrounded by trees in the setting sun,

& Agam Berger surrounded by her family and strangers on Friday morning at the Kotel dancing with joy...

I can't process what it feels like to be chained and starved for hundreds of days in the dark-

and furthermore then burst out into the light like sunshine and strength.

How humbling it is to watch these incredible humans who have been made heroes, love life so much- love their people so much.

It is extraordinary to witness.

And this too, I struggle to understand. To process.

But it is a pleasure to try.

May we quickly and safely bring the rest of our people home before Shabbat!!!