Lives in: Tel Aviv Principal of the Amit Bar Ilan School in Petach Tikvah “I didn’t call myself anything. I was more than a teacher. And less. In the high school classroom you are a drill sergeant, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, Continue Reading »
My name is Ealeal, and I live in Tel Aviv with my partner, Nizan, our baby Emmy, and Shoko the puppy. October 7th was supposed to be the first performance of a new cast in a play I produced at the Gesher Theatre, Someone Like Me. In the play, written by Roy Chen, five young Continue Reading »
Academics in a Time of War Hello everyone! I am Shira, from Jerusalem, a student of urban planning, sociology, and anthropology at Hebrew University. I have chosen a sensitive topic to write about, and as saying anything beyond my limited experience seems totally wrong, I will start off by saying that I can only speak Continue Reading »
My name is Yishai Gesundheit, and I am 37 years old. Here’s a glimpse into the life of a teacher during wartime: There is no longer a need for what I did in the army, so I did not enlist in the army reserves. What did I do? I helped out my relatives, I helped Continue Reading »
My name is Rotem Reshef. I am 27 years old, and I was in the 2013 cohort of Bronfman. I was supposed to begin a master’s degree in developmental psychology in mid-October, but of course it was put off because of the unexpected war that descended on us on October 7th. On that morning, my Continue Reading »
My name is Noa Bellavita, and I am 23 years old. I grew up on Kibbutz Magen in the Gaza envelope. Later, I moved with my family to Kibbutz Sede Nehemia in the north, next to Kiryat Shmona. Since the war broke out, most of the kibbutzim around us in the Hula Valley have been Continue Reading »
My name is Alma Klemes. I am 25 years old, and I am a student at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, studying visual communication. I was born in Moshav Mata and grew up in Jerusalem, where I still live now. The truth is that something happened that I never imagined would happen to me. Continue Reading »
On October 6th, I flew alone, away from Israel, for the first time. I landed in Greece that evening, and the next morning I woke up to the beginning of the war. At first, I tried to disconnect from the news because I was scared to find out what happened, but slowly, I found out Continue Reading »
From the start of the war on the seventh of October, my home, like many homes in Israel, went through a change. Both my parents were enlisted to reserve service in the army, and at home remained the small group of just my two young brothers and I, who were not enlisted. We are very Continue Reading »
Hello, my name is Nurit; I am 27 years old and I live in Jerusalem. I am a facilitator for Amitei Bronfman and a history teacher at a high school, which is partially a boarding school, in Jerusalem. I am also doing a master’s degree in sociology and anthropology. I was a Bronfman Fellow in Continue Reading »