A mother from southern Israel, Esti Lehman of Moshav Shuva, recently put the experience of being under rocket fire into words.

Lehman's description is as follows:

"A summer night, the window is open and grasshoppers are making music for us on a gentle breeze. This evening I went to bed early, after another hot summer day with the children. Thoughts pass through my head when suddenly the loudspeaker outside goes on, and a woman's soothing voice announces...

Hear about different people's Aliyah (moving to Israel) experiences...

While we Jews have much in common with eachoher, when it comes to moving to Israel, we can certainly say "different strokes for different folks"...

But the common theme is that Israel is the place to be!