During the latest 11-day skirmish with Hamas, we were allowed to visit Mom with the knowledge that if a siren sounded, my dad and I were encouraged to enter the reinforced safety room while Mom would be returned to her slightly protected space in the main dining hall. I had already decided that I’d stay with Mom if we were notified about incoming rockets, though I wasn’t sure how all the logistics would work. Thankfully, we were never tested. When we asked Sylvia, the social

We are finally home in Israel after a two week visit to my in-laws in Maryland. We came home to the new reality of hundreds of rockets being fired into Israeli cities, including Beer Sheva. Last night’s barrage at about 3:00 am, inaugurated our use of our recently built safe room. Yes, it works. And now I can’t tell if I’m jet lagged or rocket lagged. Either way, I am so tired. My dad was in his safe room in is house down the street, and we managed to communicate during one o