Despite a current US State Department advisory against travel to Israel “due to armed conflict, terrorism and civil unrest” and closed airspace, some determined New Yorkers want to be in the Holy Land to show their solidarity with and support for the Jewish state. “I feel guilty that I’m not there with my brothers and sisters being subjected to these missiles,” said Todd Richman, a Long Islander whose flight to Israel was canceled last Thursday as news broke of Israel’s preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites. While she’s had no shortage of rockets and close calls before in Israel over the past year — sometimes having a mere 30 seconds to run to the bomb shelter in places like Ashkelon — Blivaiss asserted, “it still feels safer there than it does here … you get used to the rockets and the running and the sirens.”
Author: Doree Lewak
Published at: 2025-06-17 22:45:28
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