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STRONGER THAN THE HEADLINES
Three bereaved families share a Rosh Hashanah message of faith, gratitude, and hope.
Here we are, just two days before Rosh Hashanah, doing everything we can to reach as many families of fallen and wounded soldiers and victims of terror as possible.
I have to admit that reading the news coming from the United States—and now Britain—often causes me great emotional distress. I am sure many of you feel the same.
But when I feel this way, I am fortunate to experience something that most people do not: I get to meet the victims of terror and war in person.
Time and again, I walk into their homes thinking that I am there to lift their spirits—whether before a Yom Tov, to help arrange a family simcha, or simply to see how they are doing and what they need.
And yet, somehow, the opposite happens.
These are families who have made the ultimate sacrifice and suffered unimaginable loss. Yet they remain deeply grateful, appreciating every act of kindness and every expression of support.
They lift my spirits, not the other way around.
They remind me that the Jewish people are far stronger than the headlines. They remind me that even in the face of terrible heartbreak, faith, gratitude, and resilience endure.
And every time I leave one of their homes, I leave with renewed hope.
I hope that reading the story of these three families—and especially their own words of thanks—will do the same for you.
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