Busy Day in Sderot

One morning on the way to Sderot, just as I came down out of the Judean Hills, this fire was in the distance. It turned out to be just a kibbutz burning off their fields, but it made a good photo. They picked the right day to burn, no wind at all.

On some early mornings as you leave Jerusalem, you are higher than the clouds. Then you drive down through them and back above them. There is no place to turn off for photos so I am trying to take these pictures with one eye and one hand on the wheel going around the curves.

Here is a straight piece of road. You can see the next hilltop to climb beyond the clouds.

Just as I was going for walk in Jerusalem.

On Wednesday, September 16th, we met a tour group from America in Sderot. The previous week we had lunch with Jacob from Sderot Media to discuss the tour. Jacob made aliyah to Israel and has lived in Sderot for the past year. He was a good tour leader. My job was simple. I just had to introduce him.

We had arranged with the tour group to meet them in front of the police station at 2:30pm.

The first stop for all politicians, and today tourists, are the collection of kasssam rockets kept at the Sderot Police Station.

Then we went to the Catepillar Playground Park where the local children know to run inside the catepillar for shelter when they hear the "Color Red" warning announcement.

We drove to an overlook in Sderot where you can see Gaza in the distance approximately 1 kilometer away. Sderot receives the most kassam rocket attacks because it is the closest, largest target for Hamas to shoot at.

We then went to a trauma center in Sderot which is empty. Currently there is not any funding for the trauma center. There we had asked Avi, a fireman in Sderot whose home was totally destroyed last December, to tell his story. It is a fascinating story that we wrote about in the upcoming issue of For Zion's Sake.

Earlier in the day, we handed out food coupons for Rosh Hashana for 45 families at Sderot's Social Affairs. The number 45 came from nine Social Workers giving us five names each of the poorest families that needed help buying food for the holidays.

A video of Jacob talking about kassam rockets. I have four other videos of the day but they are difficult to upload successfully.


Just out for a walk on a pretty day last Sunday. This is part of the complex where I live in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem.