I remember one time a message we got from a woman she wrote us that she has two kids one is

three and the other one is just born she she was in maternity leave, and her partner have decided to go to the

war, protect his country, do what he's supposed to do. And she said he came back home, he is quiet, does not speak and he doesn't

want to be with the children and he slept my face.

What should I do now?

Now this is a woman who had a normal life.

From her perspective, she sent a normal husband and he came back different.

Now what do you do?

When your partner changed so much, are you going to divorce?

Or do you understand that maybe he's going through the hardest time of his life and he needs help? Can you be

the person who can help him go to a treatment? What do you do?

Hey, I'm Ishih Harmon and this is Israel's story.

As you know, we're in the midst of our wartime diaries series,

which is an attempt to collect slivers of life during these endlessly difficult days.

And God knows that this last week has been full of endlessly difficult days.

Since our show doesn't follow the news,

but rather tries to capture something

about this period we're living through,

today's episode won't be about Hersch or Carmel or Almoag or Edon or Ory or Alex.

It won't be about the demonstrations, the Philadelphia corridor, or the death toll in Gaza.

Instead, it will be about one inspiring woman whose energy and work have impacted the day-to-day lives of hundreds of thousands

of Israelis over the last 11 months.

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