Of course the night before the release of the last of our hostages is Hoshana Raba. Where we stay up all night and learn, in preparation for the final seal of judgement of this season of return. With the releases slated to potentially begin tomorrow from 4-6 am; who could sleep? So we stay awake — hearts open, eyes heavy, souls alive. Because this is the night when everything still hangs in the balance. When the gates are almost closed but not yet locked. When the verdict is

No rational person would ever trust H*mas. I don't trust our government either, nor America's, nor any other country on Earth. I don't trust the news, and most of the time, what's reported isn't true or is twisted in lies. The only one I really want to hear from is God. My Abba, Eric Lankin , always says that here in Israel, prayer is a local call. We are sitting at the feet of the kisei hakavod and it feels like Hashem spoke to us today. I didn't believe the news last week t

As we opened the boxes of our sukkah decorations this year, I pulled out the banner we hung last Sukkot for the h*stages- the one we...

May you be so beleagured, so exhausted that you soften your hearts and let our people go. May you have to face the consequences of your...

Dear Me, Tomorrow is Yom Kippur and there are things that I need to say. First, I want to apologize. I am sorry for the times when I was...

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After 903 days in captivity, Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian PhD student at Princeton, has finally been freed from captivity in...

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I love Coldplay. They have been one of my favorite bands for decades. Karaoke staple. Road trip must. Pre-bed playlist. But this...

It's kind of hard to swallow the reality that our children are living here in Israel on this first day of school. When I was a kid, we...