“How long will this last; it must end!” One of the managers expressed it like this: “I don’t think anybody is normal here anymore.” Everyone reacts differently, but one major concern is that people will turn in on themselves and cease to talk about what they are...
Room full of happy faces The room was full of happy faces, with thumbs pointed high and other expressions of gratitude. The invitees had defied the bad weather and more than 90 people filled the room. Organizationally everything went well: musicians from Ukraine...
Students from Ethiopia I immigrated to Israel together with my grandmother from Ethiopia. My mother passed away when I was three years old. My father remarried, but I am out of contact with him. I was 16 years old when my grandmother passed away. I studied and worked...
We, the girls in the boarding school in Sa’ad, were awakened again by a hail of rockets. Most of the girls already have experience running to the shelter, where they relax and encourage each other, and then back to their rooms, and again to the shelter, and again to...
At the end of the school year we were invited to an end-of-year ceremony at Sa’ad organized by residents of the girls’ home. A group of 18-year-old girls were finishing up their time there. We were very impressed with what we saw, heard, and felt. Much warmth,...
