During the recent war in Israel, Rabbi Noam and Shifra Friedman, educators at Reichman University, mobilized their community to support soldiers who were being called up.

In Jerusalem, a school parking garage is being used as a makeshift kitchen to provide meals for deployed soldiers, kibbutz evacuees, and others in need during the war.

The article discusses the dysfunction and lack of effective leadership within the government of Israel during a war.

Operation Tzitzit was a grassroots effort that arose in response to the Israeli military's need for green tzitzit to be worn by soldiers during the conflict with Hamas.