Review of The Weekly Squeeze With Chanale - The Weekly Squeeze

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“I love this podcast! It has been extremely important to me since the War of October 7. I am given a view of Israeli by an on the ground citizen. I badly wanted to do something to help Israel. Chanale provided me avenues to make donation to the IDF. She inspired me with her stories of non-military people in Israel working together to care for the survivors of the October 7 massacres, who were among many things dislocated from their homes and the IDF soldiers and it’s reservist soldiers who went to war without even proper military boots and helmets and of all things-long underwear. My family and I returned from Israel only a week ago. There are battalions of Israelis and Jews from other countries who just want to help making food for the IDF and for the survivors who were living only miles away from Gaza. There are Israelis with needed skills such as social work and psychologists who donate their time on a daily basis to help the above mentioned group deal with their PTSD. Summer Programs in Israel are recruiting their past graduates to help harvest crops or to help on military bases. Famous Israeli artists have committed themselves to use their music to increase the spirit and resilience of the IDF and Israel at large. Everyday musicians create new music to help Israelis process their experiences. There are members of ZAKA arranging tours of where the Nova Festival was held, and going to a Kibbutz where 1/4 of the members of the kibbutz where either murdered or taken captive, including a 9 mo. old baby who has recently spent his first birthday in Gaza with Hamas - some birthday party…huh….and then to an army base a mile or 2 away from the kibbutz that wasn’t much more than a plot of dirt with tents and ports-potties. These soldiers had gray in the hair and in their beards and some, I suppose, resultant of their time away from the regular IDF cohort, ‘Dad bods’. We came on this tour to bear witness and tell our community what we have seen. And we came to help. So when we arrived at Magen, we unloaded massive amounts of meat and vegetables and gummy candy for dessert and we started making salad and bbqing. And we put a smile on the weary faces of those soldiers. We fed them and by our presence, a bus-load of Jews from foreign countries, we came to say that you are not alone. You are in our hearts and prayers, in our communities and synagogues. Even if we can’t be in yours with any regularity, we hear and see what you need and we will make sure you get it. When we came to Israel we came with a plan of what we hoped to do and that was because of what we heard in Chanale’s podcast and participation in her What’sApp group. Before the war, Chanale’s podcast was still important to us. I talk post October 7 because that is where my head and heart are. I look forward to a time when Chanale can share stories about her wonderful living in Israel - a place where we wish we still were.”

Sara Yedidya via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/02/24

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