It is Better to Be a Warrior in a Garden – Than a Gardener in a War.

For the past twelve days, I’ve lived in a war zone — in Israel. Rocket and missile sirens have sliced through conversations, dinners, celebrations, services, and sleep. We’ve made 40 runs to shelters and counted many more early alerts on our phones. And yet, amid the chaos, life continues. Families gather for dinners. Shabbat is observed. Children study and play soccer, though sometimes those games are interrupted and continue in the bomb shelter.  Markets remain busy. Music fills the air. And work goes on — meetings with Israeli and U.S. partners on innovation, technology transfer, and cross-border trade happen as if nothing has changed — because they must. In these moments, our work becomes more than business: it is a testament to resilience, a declaration that creation, connection, and progress persist even in the shadow of danger.

You learn quickly where the nearest miklat (Shelter) is.

You learn to measure distance in seconds.

You learn that life — faith, family, culture, work — doesn’t stop.

This moment is an historical one as it sits........

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