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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

