Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIn recent years, we have been trained to follow instructions, display resilience and find patience amid war and unrelenting tragedies, while our government abandons us. How are we supposed to calm our kids as a missile falls outside, or commute to the office while schools are shut down?March 16, 2026Everywhere you look this week there is talk about women's empowerment, equality, women who lead, fight, manage, balance career and family. But at home, air-raid siren after air-raid siren, between work and children – reality is far from slogans. It is difficult, exhausting and full of fear.In the NewsCould Brain-drain Leave Israel Brain-dead?Why Asking 'Are You a Zionist?' Is No Longer RelevantIn the Village Where a Body Was Exhumed at Settlers' Orders, Shock RemainsReport: U.S. and Israel in 'Intense Preparations' to Renew Strikes Against IranThe Jewish Lawyer Who Took on Henry Ford, and the Antisemitic Machine Behind HimRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran StandoffIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked