Our President and Global CEO Yael Eckstein is featured by The Jerusalem Post and talks about what Israel is like during wartime and how The Fellowship helps her and her people:
Yet, something about that day felt different to her. “I’ve lived through wars,” she said. “I’ve been in Israel for 20 years. I experienced the Intifada and the Second Lebanon War. But this was the first time in my life I truly wondered: Is Israel going to get through this?” What troubled her most was the feeling that the system itself had broken down, that the societal structures Israelis depend on during crises suddenly seemed fragile. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
In these moments, a single thought began to take shape in her head, one she described in biblical terms. “It was a call,” Eckstein said, referring to the word Ayeka – “Where are you?” – the question God asks Adam in the Book of Genesis. In Jewish thought, it has often been interpreted less as a question of location and more as a demand for responsibility. “In moments like this, it’s easy to just go into the bomb shelter and stay there, focusing on your own family,” she said. “But every one of us stood up and said, ‘We’re responsible for one another.’”
