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THE ATTACK ON ISRAEL
October 7th, 2023
BROKE ME
The SILENCE of my “Friends”
Devastated Me
The World’s Protests and Celebrations
Horrified Me
And So I Came Back
To Tell the Stories of Who They Were
and Who We Are
This Lonely but Sacred Mission - it is our Heart, it is our Soul
Our hearts break and bleed blood orange, yet our screams are heard and scrolled past.
Melanie Preston
Mar 413 min read
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A 500-Minute Fast on Day 500; Prayers for Tal Shoham and Kibbutz Be'eri; Remembering Itay Svirsky on his 40th Birthday - Feb 17th, 2025
Out of 250 faces of strangers all over Tel Aviv, Itay's was the one that leaped off the page and straight into my heart.
Melanie Preston
Feb 179 min read
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Listen to Her Voice - on Bringing Home the Girls who Warned of the October 7th Attack
These girls were the eyes of Israel. They were tasked with watching the border with Gaza - that's it - and they saw this attack was coming.
Melanie Preston
Jan 258 min read
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A Memory of Infinite Blessings, May Itay Svirsky Rest in Peace
What must it be like to be laid to rest after all you've been through?
The 98 days alive in Gaza - and the 326 days not?
Melanie Preston
Dec 7, 20243 min read
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A Wandering Jew, Talking to Strangers, Douglas Murray's Smoothie and Vivien Leigh
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," wrote Tennessee Williams for his classic play "A Streetcar Named Desire," for the...
Melanie Preston
Oct 25, 202413 min read
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Rising From the Ashes, the Light from Kibbutz Be'eri Leads its Residents Home
I fell in love with Israel because I fell in love with its people.
Melanie Preston
Sep 30, 20248 min read
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SPOILER ALERT - We Got Nasrallah
I think we did at least. It depends on which channel you turn on here in Israel. On one, it said "Nasrallah chu-sal." Ma ze chu-sal?...
Melanie Preston
Sep 28, 20243 min read
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As Kibbutz Be'eri Residents Shift from a Hotel to Kibbutz Hazerim, I Departed America to Join Them in Israel as the War Only Gets Worse
I made it back to Israel, despite the constant warnings on my phone of escalations with Hezbollah, and now a declaration of a Third...
Melanie Preston
Sep 21, 20247 min read
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Children Released from Hamas Speak in Whispers; Terror Attack in Jerusalem
The past week has been surreal, with human beings stolen from their homes or a party to rot in dark tunnels for seven endless weeks -...
Melanie Preston
Dec 1, 20235 min read
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