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of friends got together,” she
says. “The country has been
in turmoil and divided over
politics. Right now there’s
no left, there’s no right —
everybody has come together
to volunteer and be together,
and it’s the most incredible
thing.”
Rubin Mizrachi’s spent
her days since volunteering
at a food truck, The Good
truck — started by a group
of friends in order to help —
by an army base in Israel’s
center, preparing salads and
grilling meat for warm pita
sandwiches.
“Even though we have
our criticisms of the Israeli
government, how they
handled this, how we even
got to this point, there’s this
complete trust, and we’re here
to strengthen the soldiers,”
she says.
“I feel sometimes I’m
shaking, sometimes I’m
scared, but at other times I
feel safe; I know we have an
army and a people — we’re all
looking out for one another,
every single person.”
From making food with
friends of friends to lending
an ear to soldiers, everyone’s
in it together, she says.
“I don’t think it’s something
you’d see anywhere else in
the world, the way the Israeli
people have come together,
and that’s what gives me
strength,” she says, noting the
way soldiers and people who
survived the terrorist attacks
have been offered food and
shelter, in many cases by
complete strangers.
A new bride now living
in an Israel at war, she says
she’s got confidence in the
resilience of Israel and its
people.
“I think we’re all trying to
navigate this together, and
the best thing we can do is
be together and be here for
one another, and continue to
support Israel and the Jewish
community … and also not to
be scared, to live our lives as
proud Jews.”
Kobe Mizrachi and
Anna Rubin Mizrachi