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Naomi Ragen

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Naomi Ragen is an American-born novelist and playwright who has lived in Jerusalem since 1971. She has published seven internationally best-selling novels, and is the author of a hit play. Naomi also publishes a regular column that deals with Jewish subjects, especially Israel.

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ISRAEL WAR DIARY: 23 NOVEMBER 2025

The truth is, we in Israel should be happy – as happy as we can be with three hostages still missing. Things are actually going excellently. Today alone, Israel bombed the secret apartment in the center of Beirut in which Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah Chief of Staff, was hiding, turning him to dust. Tabatabai was reportedly […]
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“How do they manage to go on living?.....By loving life. And-in spite of everything-by loving God. By having enough faith to start over again and again; enough faith to risk having our hearts break all over again. That's the true meaning of faith. It's the deepest kind of heroism.”
Naomi Ragen, The Covenant

“What is wrong with life is human memory, she thought. What is the point of life and history--all that human beings sacrifice and endure, overcome and rejoice over--if we do not remember? What point are the centuries, years, months, hours, minutes, if they slip through our fingers, if we learn nothing?”
Naomi Ragen, The Covenant

“When there was nothing left to gain, nothing more to lose, when one was face-to-face with the moment of greatest despair, to speak to God in love and thanks, rather than to curse Him and one's fate, was the ultimate choice of any human creature, and perhaps the ultimate expression of one's humanity.”
Naomi Ragen, The Covenant

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