Two Weeks Before Passover, the Phone Rang

A split image showing a family preparing a Passover Seder table on one side and a packed IDF military duffel bag on the other, with a glowing phone in between representing the call-up.

The call-up came for thousands of reservists heading North. I sat in Modiin and felt it pull at me from both directions. I started a new job last week. Monday morning. New desk, new team, new ID badge that still smells like plastic. The kind of fresh start you plan for and look forward to […]

Waiting for the Next War

A dimly lit living room at night with a glowing phone on the coffee table and a packed military duffel bag visible in a closet doorway, capturing the tension of an IDF reservist waiting for a call-up.

The life of an IDF reservist is lived between two screens: the one your kids are watching and the one in your pocket that could change everything. The news broke. US and Iran were escalating. Satellites picked up movement. Analysts were talking. Twitter was on fire. And I was sitting on my couch in Modiin, […]