One Year and counting We had hit the one-year mark since the atrocities against Israel when Hamas sent some 3000 terrorists and civilians to rape, murder, and mutilate innocent men, women, and children as they celebrated the last day of the biblical feast of Sukkot, October 7, 2024. Sukkot 2024/5784 is now just six days […]
360 Days of Heartbreak and Heartache
THE FIRST RAIN? On Sunday, September 1, we had our first rain of the season. It was a good rain, and I did not mind getting wet as I unloaded my car, knowing how important the rain was to Israel. That night, I shared with my wife the joy of getting soaked as the rain […]
300 Days After The Hamas Atrocity
300 Days Ago Hamas Committed An Atrocity Against Israel and Humanity 300 days ago Hamas committed an atrocity against Israel and humanity. Among the 1200 innocent civilians killed, 45 of them were from Sderot. From day one, we have done our best to aid and provide for our residents who had to evacuate Sderot and […]
249 Days Since the October 7th Massacre
Since our last newsletter things have been relatively calm. We are still getting occasional getting Kassam attacks from Gaza; the last one was just last night. Our windows were rattling from outgoing artillery and tank fire this last Shabbat, but all in all, like I said, things are relatively quiet here in Sderot. Anxiety levels […]
A New Threat Unfolds – Iran Enters the Conflict
As the war continues, our daily activities have changed with the needs of the people of Sderot. For the most part, the soldiers that were in Sderot have been relocated or released for the time being and more residents have returned home. Most of the businesses in town have reopened, although there are still a […]
161 Days After the Hamas Massacre in Sderot – The Scars Still Remain
About 60% of the population of Sderot have returned since the October 7th Hamas Massacre. There is quite a bit of anxiety among those who have returned and it increases with each and every “Tseva Adom” or “boom” we hear. Those who have not come back also have anxiety as the war drags on along […]
The Maya Project
War brings the worst out in people, BUT it also brings out the BEST in people and Maya is no exception. This May, Maya will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. On her special day, she wants to do something special, not for herself, but for others. She wants to help the people of Sderot. She contacted […]
Day 100: Distributing Humanitarian Aid To Residents and Soldiers of Sderot
We had another relatively quiet week but not on the humanitarian aid front. We are still getting Kassams just about daily, but not many. The last big barrage came right as the clock struck midnight on 31 Dec. There were about 15 of them. The artillery fire continues but not like it was two weeks […]
Day 77 22 December 2023
People are coming back Home Some are coming back to their homes the way they left it, others are coming back to a damaged home Sderot’s residents are still coming back, but slowly. There are still a lot who are afraid to come back. They want assurances that Oct 7th will never happen again and […]
Day 61 December 7, 2023
As you all know, the seven days cease fire has ended and we are back to hearing “Tseva Adom, outgoing artillery fire, jets flying overhead, 50 caliber machine gun fire and Iron Dome intercepting incoming Kassams. Things on the streets are looking up a bit as the war drags on. In spite of […]