I. The Interruptions: When “Normal” Disappears If there’s one experience I think every Israeli shares from the last few years, it’s the feeling that our lives were split open by two unforgettable moments: COVID-19 and October 7th. Moments that freeze you in place. Moments that feel impossibly close—yet somehow already belong to a distant past. Before COVID hit, my life flowed in what I now call the privilege of ordinary life . I had built and sold a startup, worked on healthcare projects in...