Rachel Knopf - A Pillar of Strength and Faith After the Holocaust
Her voice choked with emotion, Rachel often repeated when we spoke, "G‑d is so good to me." Rachel was a Holocaust survivor who lived a life of tragedies and great challenges. Yet she always clung to...
View ArticleGiving Birth During the War
I couldn’t help wondering: what if the siren goes off while we’re on the way to the hospital, or during the birth?
View ArticleWhy I Feel Optimistic Despite the Challenging Times
My husband and I, together with our children, made aliyah almost eight years ago and live in the East Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem. We are blessed to be shluchim who direct Chabad of Baka, a warm...
View ArticleThe Incredible Wedding That United Us All
These moments captured the essence of our people--the faith, the hope and the unity.
View ArticleThere Is Hope. Miracles Do Happen
Reflecting on the unique wedding of Chedva and Shmuel, I am comforted.
View ArticleThree Reasons I Love Living in Israel
Especially during wars or trying times, people question, “Isn’t it scary to raise a family there?”
View ArticleThree Life Lessons My Israeli Midwives Taught Me
When I first moved to Israel with my husband and three children, I was apprehensive at the thought of giving birth in a new country. Thankfully, I was in for a pleasant surprise.
View ArticleSix Lessons I Learned From a Special Mother of a Special Child - In Tribute...
The world has lost a rare gem, and we miss her terribly. However, we know that her soul lives on, and the greatest tribute we can give to Nechama is to emulate her kindness, gratitude, faith in each...
View ArticleBlessings in Lockdown: My Unexpected Water Birth
As my due date of Oct. 1 neared, it became clear that not only would this be a COVID birth, it would be during the three-week (or longer) lockdown in Israel.
View ArticleA Nation of First Responders
The acts of kindness and generosity taking place at every moment, and the feeling of Jewish unity worldwide, is unparalleled.
View ArticleThe World of the Mother of a Hamas Hostage - Bring Hersh and All Our Hostages...
The Goldberg-Polins’ peace-loving son Hersh was last seen seriously wounded, being violently shoved into a Hamas pick-up truck near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, with his dominant, left arm reduced...
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