Eli Friedland Jankelowitz, at The Blogs

Eli Friedland Jankelowitz

Learning and growing; aiming for peace and kindness.

Dec 5, 2023, 8:50 PM

They don't make it easy to forget. I don't say this with malice. We must remember. But the storefronts are shiny and inviting and the traffic and aromas make it all seem so far away. And yet, as I stare...

Nov 27, 2023, 9:43 AM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 7

A mother in mourning sits in front of a camera. Her eyes are glassy, the tears a now permanent fixture on her beautiful face. Like wrinkles and sun spots. So, how are you? She is asked. She thinks about...

Nov 22, 2023, 8:48 PM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 6

A bomb explodes overhead. Smoke rises; seemingly innocuous from my sandy spot on Delila Beach. The sunset streaks the sky golden and I think back to what he told me that morning. Yehuda. 16 years old, cigarette dangling between...

Nov 13, 2023, 7:05 AM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 5

I’ve been thinking of a way to explain war in the age of Iron Dome. In the age of David’s Sling and Arrow. In the unfortunate age of the Ayyash 250. It’s difficult to give voice to the ephemeral...

Oct 31, 2023, 4:29 AM

War Diary of a Nation – One Month Too Long

I don’t know your name. In fact, we’ve probably never met. If I was asked the colour of your eyes or the sound of your laughter when you’re genuinely happy, I couldn’t tell you. But if I was asked...

Oct 24, 2023, 1:08 AM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 3

I inhale deeply as the air courses through my lungs. My heart beats hard against my chest and I can feel the blood alive in my veins. My legs push faster than usual. I run from the concealed faces hiding...

Oct 18, 2023, 10:54 PM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 2

When I was 19, I spent five weeks in a pre-army program in Kiryat Anavim, nestled in the hills just west of Jerusalem. The lyrics to a famous Israeli song hung at the entrance to our dorms: Suddenly a...

Oct 16, 2023, 1:47 AM

War Diary of a Nation – Week 1

Lately, I find myself laughing at the strangest things. They’re not funny, but I laugh despite myself. The vocabulary I have developed in the past six years living in Israel is a testament to the tragedy that strikes every...

About Me

Eli made Aliyah from Vancouver, Canada six years ago. During her military service, she served as a letter writer in the IAF's foreign affairs department. She currently studies law and works as an English language editor.

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