Pamela Becker, at The Blogs

May 7, 2026, 8:48 PM

Building Resilience: When Children Find Their Circle Tahreer Abed Sawaed, a science teacher and teacher trainer with Israel’s Ministry of Education, writes about the circles of impact created by Jeremy’s Circle after her young niece was diagnosed with cancer. What...

Mar 11, 2026, 9:30 PM

When the World Shrinks to the Size of a Shelter

These days in Israel, our world has gotten smaller again. Not emotionally smaller — if anything, the opposite. But physically smaller. Families are staying closer to home, closer to shelters, closer to the people they love most. Plans are tentative....

Jan 10, 2026, 4:46 PM

When ‘Normal’ Returns: Why the Hard Things Still Need Our Attention

We're adjusting to a new normal now. The immediate crisis has eased. Life is returning to something that resembles routine. But "normal" doesn't mean the hard things have gone away. The children and teens we support at Jeremy's Circle are...

Sep 18, 2025, 5:08 PM

Don’t Say No, Say How

Discovering Personal and Community Resilience at the Summit of Kilimanjaro It was 1 AM, below freezing, and every breath took effort as we inched upward. The summit of Kilimanjaro felt impossibly far away. The air was thin, our legs heavy,...

Jul 31, 2025, 10:01 PM

When Dreams Become Reality: Camp Jeremy

Photos from Camp Jeremy staff with parent permission

Tomorrow, we’ll recognize my late husband Jeremy Coleman's 17th yahrzeit. As I prepare for his azcara, I find myself still struggling to put into words what happened this summer when we pulled off Camp Jeremy—our first-ever five-day sleepaway camp...

Feb 13, 2025, 5:14 PM

Building Teen Resilience at the Dead Sea Race

When my sister Stephanie Becker, an eye surgeon living in the US who has become involved with Israel’s war effort, proposed bringing Israeli and American teens together for the Dead Sea Race, we envisioned more than just a running...

Dec 10, 2024, 11:23 AM

Helping Is Our National Coping Mechanism

Last month I was running in the park when a missile alert went off. I heard the siren in my headphones and pulled them out to hear it around me as well. A large bridge was a few hundred...

Jun 6, 2024, 10:18 AM

The Power of Community: Building Resilience in Uncertain Times

Since October 7th, Israel's most challenging time since declaring independence, we have experienced an outpouring of support from the local and international community. This support is not just beneficial; it is essential. The Dual Impact of Community-Based Support Community-based support benefits...

Apr 10, 2024, 9:51 PM

Oryan’s story

Closing the Circle of Giving Oryan Hassidim*, a third-year computer engineering student at Hebrew University, writes about coming full circle from a child who received community-based support to a graduate giving back to that same community. Fifteen years ago, when...

Mar 26, 2024, 11:32 AM

Fighting Two Wars

Raised in America, I moved to Israel about 30 years ago. I just returned from my first trip abroad since October 7th - two weeks moving between family in the states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. While...

About Me

Originally from New York, Pamela Becker has enjoyed a long career as a marketing executive for some of Israel's leading technology companies including Matomy, ironSource, and SafeCharge (acquired by nuvei). After she was widowed with three small children in 2008, Pamela co-founded the Israeli charity Jeremy's Circle, which supports children and teens coping with cancer or cancer loss in their young families. Pamela lives with her husband and their five children in Tel Aviv.

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