106 pieces · 2021–2026
Writing
Everything in one place: dispatches from the road, short fiction written against a timer, the army journal, and four years of college columns.
First Kav in the Gdud: Nachal Oz
Hey everyone First and foremost, sorry to the family and friends who’ve been waiting for an update (sorry Savta)- I’ll…
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Weeks 28 + 29 – שבוע מלחמה + מסע קומטא
Where to even begin. The end of the training, the final challenge, the last push in this crazy 7 month journey.
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Week 27
The calm before the storm. The last week on base before Shavua milchama: 10 days straight in the shetach which…
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Week 26
As training draws closer to an end, the weeks feel irrelevant.
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Week 25
We went right back to work after Sidrat Chinuch. On Sunday night we had a Bachmas (obstacle course).
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Week 24
There’s a certain delight, a special pleasure, in knowing the week ahead will be easy. This was one such week.
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Week 23
I wanted to quit this week. I felt I had reached a breaking point.
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Week 22 – קליעה מתקדם
This week was surprisingly easy relative to the previous two weeks. Actually, scratch that.
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Week 20 + 21 – טכניכות תרגולות + שבוע כיתה
חוסן Resilience. It’s a word that was thrown around a lot these past two weeks. Physical resilience, mental resilience.
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Week 19 – Last חנוכה + הגנ”ם
Chagim are hard in the army. They’re paid so little attention, and even when they are, it can never feel the same as it…
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Week 18 – שבוע מאמן 3
During all the “practice weeks” we build on the material we learned in the last one, specifically how to open rooms.
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Week 17
Some weeks are so defined by one or two activities that they become the focal point, obscuring and overshadowing…
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Week 16 – הגנ”ם 2
Another week of הגנ”ם: sleepless nights, pointless labor, and cleaning dishes.
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Week 15 – JUMPING
On Sunday and Monday we made up the material we missed because of the Yom siddurim while everyone else continued with…
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Week 14
We woke up Sunday and after running a 4k at 5AM, journeyed back to Tel Nof jump school.
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Week 13
The beginning of the week wasn’t too hard.
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Week 12
The week started on a real light foot: a Yom siddurim.
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Week 11
This past shabbat was the first time my class was כיתה סוגרת, the class that closes.
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Week 10
I had loads of conversations about the army before the army. I spoke to everyone I could.
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Week 9
שבוע הגנ”ם – הגנת מחנה “Defending the camp”. We’d all been anticipating this week for some time.
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Week 8
The longer I’m away from base, the harder it is to come back.
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Week 7 – רגילה
We had a nice, long break from the army this past week.
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Week 6
Tiring. Exhausting. Draining. However you want to call it.
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Week 5
What a weird feeling going from Shabbat right into army life.
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Week 4
“תפתחו שעון” The Mefaked kita turns the lights on and shouts that out to us every morning. “Open your watches”.
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