Yael Ranel Filus, an EMIS graduate and CRC’s newest intern and Director’s Assistant, wrote an article sharing her feelings, reflecting a profound sense of shame and internal conflict since the War in Israel.

On October 7th, at 06:38 in the morning, I woke up to the sound of an alarm. Running to the stairs on the second landing of my old building like always. The alarm was familiar, the conversations with the neighbours were as well. Absurdly, the booming sounds and the high pitched alarm are all quite normal to me. But as I went back inside, behind my parents, I was surprised to realise that what was happening was as far from normal as possible.