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Jun 2, 2026, 6:33 PM

A chance encounter

The Jewish Federation of Howard County, Maryland sponsored a special event. It was April 21, 2026, and here in Columbia, Maryland, it was יום הזכרון the eve of Yom HaZikaron. We met at Beth Shalom, a small synagogue in Columbia,...

Apr 2, 2025, 4:09 AM

There I was. A tiny town, a gathering point for those who were summoned. We came, to join our brothers-in-arms, with Syrian artillery raining death and destruction upon them. As dawn broke the next morning, October 7th, 1973, a...

Feb 9, 2025, 5:40 AM

October 7th 2023 hit hard, but its aftermath is hitting infinitely harder. We, the Golani brotherhood, were going to commemorate 50 years one day prior to October 7th. Events changed all of that. I go back in time to the 1970's....

Dec 24, 2024, 10:49 PM

I shared a memory. It's an hour past midnight. I walk all around the rig, checking all twenty two tires with my rubber mallet. The cab is lit with the dim lights of the instrument panel and I slowly...

Oct 26, 2023, 11:36 PM

You will never be my neighbor

Do you remember Mr. Rogers? A recent movie starring Tom Hanks told the story of Mr. Rogers. A gentle man and a gentle soul, he would always begin his program with the question, “Would you be, could you be my neighbor?”. Hamas...

Oct 15, 2023, 2:24 AM

NPR RADIO and TV, MSNBC and CNN

IT GETS UNDER MY SKIN! Media coverage, since 06:30 hours on October 7th, 2023 has been thorough. As expected, the first reports of the atrocities and brutalities committed by Hamas brought outcries of support for the victims. Jews as victims....

Oct 9, 2023, 12:27 AM

Murder! Plain and Simple

In Syria with my Brothers-in-Arms Golani 13th Battalion B Platoon (Image courtesy of author)

On October 7th, 2023, Hamas murderers sabotaged and destroyed sections of Israel's border fence with the Gaza Strip. Hamas murderers planned and carried out mass murder. Entering Israel on pickup trucks, cars and motorcycles they murdered anyone and everyone...

Sep 21, 2023, 5:36 AM

Yom Kippur Then And Now

We're approaching Yom Kippur, both on the Hebrew lunar calendar, the 10th day of the month of Tishrei, 5784, and on the Gregorian calendar, the 6th day of October, 2023. Drafted voluntarily into service as a combat soldier, I was...

Sep 10, 2023, 5:40 AM

The silence is overwhelming. There is no sound at all. We are covered in a thick white blanket of snow. I found it hard to believe, but we were in a tiny makeshift outpost, completely cut off from any supply...

Aug 16, 2023, 5:40 AM

The bloodstained jacket: Yom Kippur, 1973

In Syria with my Brothers-in-Arms Golani 13th Battalion B Platoon (Image courtesy of author)

It was the sirens that pierced the silence. We gathered in the dining room and learned that Israel had been attacked

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About Me

Born in Israel, Yuval emigrated as a baby to Austria and then Canada. He returned to live in Israel in '71 until '91. His military service was in Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion (including Yom Kippur War) with reserve duty as a tank commander and later a liaison officer in the IDF Liaison Unit. He now resides both in the US and Israel, Maryland and Zichron Yaakov respectively.

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