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Mar 18, 2026, 9:55 PM

In Praise of Lone Soldier Parents

Last week, I wrote an article in which I expressed dismay that too many American Jews are effectively ignoring the current wartime situation in Israel. While Israelis are running into bomb shelters and living lives that are anything but normal, many...

Mar 16, 2026, 8:08 PM

The Hidden Israeli Trail Across the World

We’re a family that plans. To travel using mileage points, it’s often best to book your trip 11 months in advance. Every summer, as we finished up our family trip to Israel, my husband would already be scanning flights...

Mar 11, 2026, 8:05 PM

I Will Answer the Call

The following was written this week by a lone soldier who recently served over 250 days in reserve duty, and is currently living in Colorado who must remain anonymous for security reasons. He sent it to me so that...

Feb 18, 2026, 12:48 PM

Seeing Israel for the first time – again

I just returned from my umpteenth trip to Israel, but this was different. First because I put my out of office on and shut off my email notifications to have an actual vacation, but more substantively because this was our...

Andy Blumenthal

Feb 8, 2026, 3:46 AM

Each of Us Can Defend Israel

As an American Jew, it’s impossible to look upon our Israeli brothers and sisters and not sense that they are, in many ways, a breed apart. The difference is not one of genetics or theology, but of experience—a spirit...

Jan 29, 2026, 11:11 AM

After the Uniform: The Lone Soldiers Israel Isn’t Seeing

In Israel, the young men and women who come to the country from abroad out of personal commitment to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, leaving their support system of family and friends at home, are called “lone soldiers.”...

Jan 18, 2026, 12:39 AM

When Service Does Not End and Listening Comes Too Late

Today, under the open sky at the funeral of Josh Boone z”l, I stood among those who came to honor a man who gave so much of himself to Israel. Josh was not born here. He came from the...

Jan 16, 2026, 6:22 PM

My visit to the Round Square

Walking down Dizengoff Boulevard the other night I found myself in the “Round Square" the Square with the round fountain. The Square was dark, I walked around and around taking in the faces, the notes never read, the soldiers,...

Molly Livingstone

Jan 13, 2026, 3:01 PM

Josh Boone’s life mattered. So should his death

This soldier served for 700 days since October 7 and then died out of uniform; he deserves a military burial, and with Israel's profound thanks

Nov 21, 2025, 4:26 AM

Staff Sgt. Adam Agmon: A Warrior with the Heart of an All Black

Source: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/10/13/tributes-pour-in-for-nz-born-israeli-soldier-killed-in-action/

In the memory of Staff Sergeant Adam Agmon (Z”L), we remember not only a courageous soldier, but a young man whose heart beat as strongly for rugby as it did for his homeland. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, to...

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