Zieva Dauber Konvisser

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Mar 8, 2017, 3:29 AM

A Purim remembrance

At 3:56 p.m. on the eve of Purim 1996, a suicide bomber detonated a twenty-kilogram (44 lb.) bomb laced with nails and screws. Five children in costumes were among the 13 victims, who included a young soldier, two friends...

Feb 26, 2017, 3:23 AM

Book review ‘Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story’ by Matti Friedman

Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story is the real-life story of Israeli soldiers – youngsters – who unlike our children and grandchildren in North America – are expected and required to serve and protect their country – the State of Israel...

Jan 6, 2017, 8:29 AM

Book review: Miriam’s Song: The Story of Miriam Peretz, by Smadar Shir

In my last posting, I shared Rabbi Shalom Kantor’s column Hope – The Force That Moves Us Forward and its message that resonated with two of my earlier blog postings Hatikvah – “The Hope” and Song of Hope, as well as my...

Dec 30, 2016, 1:46 PM

Hope – The Force That Moves Us Forward

This column, written by Shalom Kantor, the rabbi of Congregation B’nai Moshe in West Bloomfield, Michigan, first appeared in The Detroit Jewish News, December 22, 2016 (p. 33). Its powerful and important message resonates with two of my earlier...

Nov 3, 2016, 10:35 PM

We recently celebrated the holiday of Sukkot. Last year at this time, 30-year-old Naama Henkin, together with her husband Rabbi Eitam Henkin, age 31, were brutally murdered in a terrorist drive-by shooting in Samaria as they were driving home...

Mar 24, 2016, 11:27 PM

The Year Without Purim…Another Time and Place

The festival of Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” For over two millennia, it...

Mar 20, 2016, 4:37 PM

A Good Day for God’s Hand

It was a beautiful winter day in 2004 as I walked out of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem. Since it was 3½ years into the Second Intifada, I was careful; I didn’t take buses; I took taxis to go...

Mar 13, 2016, 9:03 PM

Courage, Kindness, and Action: Israeli Responses to Terror

Since the current Wave of Terror that started after Rosh Hashanah, Palestinian terrorists have stabbed, stoned, shot, car-bombed, and blown up innocent people on the streets of Israel, killing 34 people, wounding 397 others, and leaving the population on...

Sep 1, 2015, 6:27 AM

Reading Survivor Stories, Listening To Their Voices, Remembering Their Lives

No matter where or what the motivation – political, ideological, or personal – terrorism has a very real and direct impact on human rights, denying individuals the right to life, liberty, and physical integrity. For the survivors who personally...

Jun 12, 2015, 8:24 AM

Strength to Strength: Survivors Healing Survivors

Sarri Singer experienced the first of two life-changing events on September 11, 2001, and had she not overslept, she would have been at work a few blocks away from the World Trade Center in New York City. Realizing that...

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About Me

Zieva Dauber Konvisser, PhD, is a Fellow of the Institute for Social Innovation at Fielding Graduate University. Her research focuses on the human impact of traumatic events, such as terrorism, genocide, war, and wrongful conviction. She served on the National Commission on American Jewish Women and is currently on the international board of the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma and the advisory board of Strength to Strength. She is the author of "Living Beyond Terrorism: Israeli Stories of Hope and Healing" (Gefen, 2014). The book can be ordered here: https://www.gefenpublishing.com/product.asp?productid=1110.