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HaDassah Sabo Milner

Dec 10, 2024, 3:06 PM

My son’s tears: Who will fight for the lone soldiers who fought for us?

Diagnosed with PTSD, and released from the army after 11 years of service, Aryeh and others like him have been left to suffer alone

Oct 27, 2024, 3:43 PM

Rude Awakening of a Veteran Army Mom

I have been an IDF army mom for eleven years. In those years I have had three sons go through their mandatory service after aliyah, one who stayed way longer - for over six years - making it to...

Oct 23, 2024, 10:41 AM

Lone Soldier Parenting at a Time of War

When I was a new mother, back in the late '90s, I was sure that once the kids were all grown up the worrying about them was over. They'd be adults living a charmed life, living their dreams, and...

Oct 14, 2024, 4:24 AM

One Lonely Little Grey Check Mark

I don’t know how soldiers’ parents managed back in the olden days when Israel was at war, not hearing from their sons and daughters for weeks on end, no technology that would make contact easier. I’d have lost my...

Oct 8, 2024, 1:14 PM

Of War and Roller Coasters

The phone rings. It’s my son and his beautiful bride, video calling from Israel. I am so excited to see their faces and hear their voices and just feel the love between us. 6000 miles doesn’t seem so far...

Feb 8, 2024, 3:16 PM

The Air That I Breathe

I recently explained on the Orthodox Conundrum podcast how different I feel when I am in Israel and I wanted to expand on that, because a sound bite doesn't quite convey the true depth of my feelings. Since I was...

Jan 31, 2024, 7:14 AM

How Are You Still Sane?

I am asked that question by many people here in New York, knowing that I have family in Israel, and sons in the army. If it were them they think they’d be a constant quivering wreck. I usually respond...

Nov 2, 2023, 8:15 PM

In the beforetimes

In the beforetimes, I was supposed to have landed six hours ago in Israel, picked up a rental car, and gone to have breakfast with my mother, and then onward to see my precious children, to get their hugs...

Oct 19, 2023, 5:35 AM

I am not OK

“How are you?” Pre-war me would have had something sassy to say. But now Israel is at war, and sassy me doesn’t exist. How am I? Dear friend, nice of you to check in with me. I am not OK. I'm...

About Me

HaDassah Sabo Milner is a Welsh Jew who lives in Monsey NY. She is a paralegal, a writer and a lifelong foodie, and works in the local court's system. She's married with four sons who provide her with much fodder for her writing projects. HaDassah's oldest son made aliyah in Aug 2013, and her second son joined him in July 2014. Son #3 made Aliyah in August 2016. - All 3 served in the IDF. Son #4 is a volunteer EMT and an entrepreneur and has yet to make any Aliyah plans.

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