Archive for February, 2012

It’s a new day, and another adventure. Facebook once again brought another special person into my life, Adrianne Bernstein. Nearly two years ago Adrianne found me on FB since then we have become close friends, really it’s more like sisters. Through Adrianne, I have met more wonderful people , like Ruth and her son Saul Rurka.

by Marc Kahlberg
Marc Kahlberg at the Park Hotel Bombing
If my story through the eyes of the Israeli people and especially the first responders has a real meaning and theme over the last Decade, it is surely one of silence, one of heroism, one of patience, one of pain and ongoing suffering but most of [...]

An American Woman in Israel Blog Series ~ Part 1

The New Journey Begins
At the end of 2011,  I began to look back on the year and all that had gone on.  Like most people, I remembered the new additions to our family, my granddaughter Gabriella and the losses.  My mother passed away in May [...]

Over the last 2 years I have met some of the most wonderful people here in Israel. One such person is Marc Kahlberg, CEO of MK International Security Consulting. Marc is a leading expert on counter terrorism, he has been at the scene of many terrorist attacks. He was one of the first on scene at the most horrific attack The Park Hotel Passover bombing in 2002, where 31 people where killed.

It is a cold Saturday afternoon on February 18, 2012 in Israel, and Hamas is firing rockets in the southern region of Israel. What is most interesting is the timing of these rockets.