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Jul 7, 2025, 3:12 PM
Reflections on July 1st: Our Aliyah Anniversary
Our family has marked the anniversary of our Aliyah every year since 1993—July 1st. But for some reason, this year the day quietly passed us by. We made Aliyah 32 years ago, along with dear friends from Boston. When we...
Jun 15, 2025, 11:39 PM
Reflections on Love, Loss, and Survival in Israel
What a siren, a safe room, and a conference taught me about relationships in the shadow of war Dr. Danny Brom, founding director of Metiv – The Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma – said it best at the...
May 5, 2025, 5:54 PM
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The day everything changed: Pain, healing, hope
Our son appears fine on the outside. But the truth is more complicated. His wounds are internal -- both physical and emotional
Dec 3, 2024, 1:42 AM
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Words no army parent wants to hear: ‘Get to the hospital now’
My son has a hard road ahead, but his deep friendships and our new support network have already worked wonders toward healing
Jul 1, 2024, 12:38 AM
June 30th
Thirty-one years ago today, our family—my husband, our four sons (ranging in age from 12 to 2), and I—boarded a flight to Israel. We left our family and friends in Boston to live our dream of raising our family...
Apr 25, 2023, 12:19 AM
Who is the torch lighting ceremony for?
Israel is about to celebrate its 75th birthday. The huge celebration of our independence day -- Yom HaAtzmaut -- comes on the heels of Israel’s memorial day -- Yom HaZikaron. The country transitions from the solemn memorial day to...
Mar 2, 2023, 9:55 PM
Two wrongs do not make a right
We hosted a guest a few weeks ago. Our guest shared that he had been on a tour of Hebron with Breaking the Silence Organization. Their first stop was Baruch Goldstein’s grave. The guide told the story of the...
Nov 8, 2022, 6:59 AM
Counting and more counting: A view from inside
From the time of Creation, we have been counting. The days of the week are counted in Breishit, The number of Israelites who entered Egypt are counted (70 people Exodus 1:5) An entire book is dedicated to numbers and counting....
Jul 31, 2022, 5:16 PM
The Power of Hello
A friend once shared a story about a time that she took her grandchildren to the beach. She sat alone and noticed a group of women chatting nearby. She decided to approach them. Her Hello led to a “shidduch”...
May 3, 2021, 3:41 PM
Crowd Control in the Beit Hamikdash
It was eerie to study yesterday’s daf in Tractacte Yoma, 21. The Rabbis grapple with how it was that so many thousands of worshippers were able to squeeze into the area of the Beit Hamikdash - עומדין צפופין they...
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Debra Weiner-Solomont is the Director of the Pardes Institute Community Education Program. She received her MSW from Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Debra along with her husband and sons came on aliyah from Brookline, MA. 33 years ago.
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