"They should have broken this season of 'The State of Israel' into several seasons. This one feels like there's too much going on."

A religious-Zionist father whose son was killed in Gaza explains why the Haredi demonstration was a personal affront. While another post celebrates the extraordinary story of two courageous women.

"Hatch a plot—it shall be foiled; for God is with us!"

"From a security point of view, we have never been in a better position. ... But our relationship with the US may have been a casualty of the war."

Wars don't end when the guns are silenced; an Israeli novel about soldiers' trauma is now available in English

"Beneath the tombstones lie sons and daughters who do not understand what we're arguing about."

"A few words about Herzi Halevi" from bereaved fathers

BETHLEHEM ROAD: Stories of Immigration and Exile, by Judy Lev

Ha-Baita, the unofficial anthem of the Hostage Family Forum, takes Israeli social media by storm

Before the cease fire, a group of Orthodox rabbis wrote a letter, bitterly criticizing Israel for its conduct of Gaza War. Is such a letter a legitimate step, or inherently prohibited?

"Better." That's what people now say when you ask them how they are.

Long awaited embraces, but sons who didn't return and the politics that will ...

In the beginnings ...

"Tell me what happened these past two years." What would we say to a just-released hostage?

"Be-Makbil" — "And simultaneously"

Coming Home ...

"Yet the green today is very green": A nation enveloped in sad joy ....

"Our national nightmare is over" — which is going to make memory ever more critical, and sacred.

The way we were ... and the morning that changed us forever.

Could it really happen? A nation holding its breath, almost afraid to hope.