Pamela Becker, at The Blogs

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...

Dec 10, 2023, 11:36 AM

6 Playful Ways to Relieve Stress with Kids In Tough Times

Childhood should be a time of laughter, play, and discovery, even in periods of uncertainty like today. Research shows that play helps children develop the tools they need to manage stress. Here are six seemingly ordinary activities that can...

Oct 5, 2023, 10:49 AM

Cancer doesn’t care what side you’re on for judicial reform

Petting a bunny at a Jeremy's Circle event at Park Utopia. (courtesy)

I recently spent the day at Park Utopia with families from around the country -- religious and secular Jews, Muslims, Druze, disabled, able-bodied, and more. We wondered at the butterflies and pet the bunnies. We did not touch the carnivorous...

Sep 12, 2023, 9:45 AM

If a picture’s worth a thousand words…

L and I at the initial Jeremy's Circle event in 2008. Today he is an officer-in-training in the IDF.

As part of a website redesign project, I just uploaded photo albums for nearly all of Jeremy’s Circle’s events over the past 15 years. I worked my way through the photos starting from our earliest days at Jeremy's Circle, the...

Jun 1, 2023, 9:08 PM

Zoe’s Story

"I didn't mean to influence or inspire anyone. It just happened." My daughter Zoe was only 6 years old when her father's terminal illness was discovered. She didn't think there was anyone in the world who could understand what she...

Apr 27, 2023, 8:53 AM

Things to do with kids when there’s nothing to do

Jeremy's Circle fun day at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. (courtesy)

Summer vacation is looming ahead of us… At Jeremy’s Circle, we’ve been throwing family fun days and teen events for kids coping with cancer or cancer loss in their young families since 2008. Here is our proven list of favorite...

Jan 23, 2023, 11:02 PM

Exercising our Coping Muscles

When it comes to coping skills, like nearly everything else, practice makes perfect. When my daughter was still in grade school, I had no way to get her to a music lesson so I arranged a taxi. She told her...

Oct 27, 2022, 9:38 AM

How can we best help struggling teens?

As many parents know – what works for one teen doesn’t necessarily work for another. We sent our five kids to three different high schools for just that reason. Still, it amazes me how much my kids differ from each...

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 WhizzCo, ironSource, and SafeCharge (acquired by nuvei). After she was widowed with three small children in 2008, Pamela co-founded and remains the active chairperson of the Israeli charity Jeremy's Circle, which supports children and teens coping with cancer or cancer loss in their young families. She earned a BA in Writing Seminars from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. Her debut novel Memoirs of a False Messiah was published in 2019. Pamela lives with her husband and their five children in Tel Aviv.