The Families Who Pay For A Son Who Chose To Serve
Yesterday the Knesset passed a law freezing the arrest of Haredi draft evaders. The immunity runs until the end of November. It covers anyone who becomes eligible while the law is in force. It suspends criminal proceedings already open. The Chief of Staff warned in writing that the measure gives men a reason not to […]
Flour, Water, Fire, Eighteen Minutes
IDF soldiers in Syria made matzah by hand on base. The same way Jews have done it for 3,000 years. You can move Pesach off the calendar. You can reschedule meetings, delay shipments, push back a deployment timeline by 48 hours if the logistics allow it. But you cannot move Pesach out of the bones […]
From the Front Lines: A Soldier’s Perspective
What three months near Gaza taught me about the war most people only read about. Our base sat 50 meters from the Gaza border, right by the entrance to the Nitzarim Corridor. Close enough to hear what was happening on the other side. Close enough that nobody forgot why we were there. I spent about […]
Why I’m Going Back
The unit I wanted to serve with from the beginning is giving me the opportunity. I can’t pass that up. The Rasap of Unit 7108 started calling me Uncle Aron sometime during my third visit. I’d show up at their base with supplies, spend a few hours helping however I could, and eventually the name […]