Dear Readers, This past week, I’ve been out in the field—really out there. Last Sunday, I couldn’t even sit down to write this newsletter because I was moving from site to site, reporting in real time as events unfolded. Then two days later, on Tuesday, I hosted Israel’s First Lady at the Jerusalem Post’s Women’s Summit for an interview . Our conference only got paused by…1 missile attack. All 50 of us (the max allowed for gathering right now during this war) sheltered togeth

Dear Readers, I am back after a week of Passover break. When I try to gather my thoughts to write about my recent life for the newsletter, I scroll through my photos. The pictures remind me of where I’ve been, who I’ve seen, what I’ve felt. Without them, everything blurs together. When I see the events and the places, life comes back into focus— and I am grateful. I have been saying that we in Israel are on an emotional roller-coaster. And since the ceasefire was announced, I

Letter from the Editor Dear Readers, This week, like many Israelis, I am running on very little sleep. Sometimes irritable. Sometimes giggly. Sometimes optimistic and sometimes scared. Sirens are waking us up again and again throughout the night, sending everyone running for shelter. Last night the alerts came almost every hour, and by morning most of us were already exhausted before the day had even begun. Today brought more impacts across central Israel. Emergency crews r

Dear Readers, Today I am filled with sadness. The sun is shining in Israel but we all are running into and out of shelters. In Tel Aviv, it is very intense. Other parts of the country get fewer missiles. Everyone feels exhausted, including myself. And the exhaustion creates a more dramatic emotional overlay. The truth is that I feel like taking a nap. But I don’t want to. I want to write, read and be part of today. That is usually how I manage Sundays. I take the morning to j

Dear Readers, I write to you as I learn that nine people in Beit Shemesh have died from a direct missile impact. It is only day two of this war with Iran. I had to update the number after I first wrote it in my first draft. Terrifying. The sun is shining, birds are chirping and the people of Israel are running into and out of the shelters across the country as we learn of more missile touch-downs, more people dying and more people injured. I went through this during the “12

Dear Readers, This past week was extremely eventful. Monday I went to the hospital for my first ever egg-retrieval. Yes, I did a round of egg-freezing! If you’re not with the times, you might not know that it's becoming very popular for women to take advantage of their youth by freezing their eggs – in case they need them in the future. Israel has some of the best doctors in the world and is very pro-family, making all kinds of procedures and medications accessible for women

Dear Readers, This week I came into Jerusalem to moderate the only panel at Ascend: The Business and Leadership Conference — a yearly gathering for growth-driven professionals and business leaders across Israel. Our panel was called What Actually Drives Growth with Omer Eliaz of Fiverr, Miriam Schwab of Elementor, and Moe Mernick of the Epic Storytelling Newsletter — and I’ll tell you honestly, I felt very professional. Before we even stepped on stage, I had met them all vi

Dear Readers, This past weekend, from Thursday through Saturday, I stepped out of the news cycle and into something personal: my cousin’s wedding. Family gathered, music played, glasses clinked—and after the big wedding night, during a Saturday lunch, my cousin’s words stopped the room. In his speech, he spoke candidly about burying friends from the army, about learning the hard way what actually matters, and about why—after everything—he is choosing partnership, and working

Dear Readers, As I prepared to return to Israel from the United States of America (I was on a work trip), my friends and colleagues asked me if I was worried about making it back into the Holy Land via air travel. In Israel, people are anxiously awaiting an attack from Iran. In the United States, I was aware, of course, that it's an option, but had not been actively worried that my flight would not make it. After all, I fly El Al, and they fly through just about anything. And