About this episode

Bethany interviews Lahav Harkov about the challenges of being a mother in Israel during wartime.

In this week's episode, Bethany sits down with Senior Political Correspondent at Jewish Insider, Lahav Harkov, talking about what it's like to be a mother in Israel amid yet another war. With her husband serving in the military reserves, Lahav is juggling parenting 3.75 children while also reporting on the war that's sending her to a bomb shelter in her home several times a day.

People in this episode

Host: Bethany

Guest: Lahav Harkov

Topics covered

• parenting
• war
• Israel
• family
• military
• journalism

Keywords

• motherhood
• bomb shelter
• military reserves
• reporting
• parenting challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jewish Insider

Places: Israel

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