Story of a Nation     

After her husband, Elisha, fell in Gaza, Hadas Loewenstern’s message to the world went viral, leaving thousands in awe of her faith and strength after such crushing loss. For Hadas, though, it’s simple: This is the story of the Jewish nation. Here, she shares more about Elisha, and the legacy he left her

This is not a private story. This is not about Hadas Loewenstern or Elisha Loewenstern. It’s about the Jewish nation.”

These are Hadas’s words.

Of course, it is true. Hadas continues to proclaim that this is a cosmic, global battle: good against evil. It’s a historic battle, another chapter like so many in our nation’s history.

But it’s also incomplete.

Because this is also Hadas’s story, and the story of Elisha and a marriage and a family.

And it’s the story of how the personal and national interweave, how all of us play a part in the great tapestry that is the story of Am Yisrael, across oceans and eras.