Friends are asking you, How are you? What do you say?

'Someone is at your home. He is here to rape your wife and daughter and then kill them while you are watching. Would you keep your eyes open? You can hide your babies in the closet. Would you leave them there alone?' | Idan Greenberg, Israeli author, goes back to that cursed day that will never be forgotten

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You are at your home. Its almost morning and the light is still pale. You were sleeping but you feel something is wrong. Would you wake up?

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Someone is walking in your home. Someone is opening doors. Someone is touching your clothes. Someone is approaching your living room door. How far is the kitchen knife?
Your kids are sleeping in the room next to you. They are dreaming. What are they dreaming about?
You are trying to hold onto the door handle from the inside. Do you have enough strength?
People are hiding in their homes outside. It's quiet. How is it so quiet?
Outside babies are burnt alive, left on the sideways. Do you smell their bodies?
Someone is at your home. He is here to rape your wife and daughter and then kill them while you are watching. Would you keep your eyes open?
You can hide your babies in the closet. Would you leave them there alone?
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The closet in which Amalya and Michael Edan hid
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You are running amidst gunfire. Would you turn left or right?
If you had to choose to save only one of your kids, which one would it be?
What’s better, being kidnapped or murdered?
Your child is far from you. He is in darkness, underground, held by an evil force. He is not answering his phone, and you can't reach him. What do you do now?
If you knew this was your last text message, what would you write?

Your child is calling you. He is hiding in the grove. You feel he needs to stay and pretend to be dead. All his friends are about to run away. What would you say to him?
Your father is telling you to stay, while all your friends are running away. What would you do?
Your grandmother is kept in the dark with no oxygen. After surviving the holocaust, did she think she had seen it all?
For a month, this is all you think about. No matter what you do, you cant seem to understand. A day in a lifetime: October 7th, 2023.
Idan GreenbergIdan GreenbergPhoto: Yechiel Yanai
Jewish friends are calling. They are asking: Should I remove the mezuzah from my door? Should I change my name on the Uber app?
What do you do when your body has no more tears?
Friends are asking you, How are you? What do you say?

Tales of tumult: Israeli authors decode war

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