Even while grieving, these mothers, fathers, siblings and wives take comfort in knowing their loved ones sacrificed their lives for a sacred cause: serving G-d and the Jewish people by defending the Jewish State.
Balancing grief with the need to persevere, many of these widows say that faith and community have helped them through their darkest hours.
Michal was one of 110 survivors of the Nova massacre who attended a Shabbaton this past August in Jerusalem that aimed to bring healing to survivors and to help bridge the gap between religious and secular Israelis.
As much as you and I have had to acclimate to a new reality after last year’s unfathomable terror attacks, that process has been significantly more challenging for one particular demographic—the close to one million Israelis who call the United States home.