A Reporter’s Reflections

June 7, 2007 - 7:41 AM by

Leah, a Jerusalem Post & IBA English news reporter and Jewlicious blogger, pens her feelings on marking three years since she moved from South Beach to Israel.

..Day three on the job, I was “tossed into the deep end” – covering my first suicide bombing. I remember arriving at the scene of the blast, camera in hand, shaking like a leaf. Certainly a far cry from Miami Beach. The next day I found myself at the funeral of some of the victims from the attack, several of whom were my age…

…After that, I was sent to report on Israel’s second war in Lebanon. My father called me to see if I was okay. He could hear rockets exploding in the background. “Leah, are you alright?” he said. “Are you afraid? Do you want to come home?” I took a deep breath and said, “Dad, I am home. There is no other place I’d rather be.”

Go here for the full text. Best to you in future endeavors, Leah.

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