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At the Galilee Culinary Institute (GCI) by JNF in Kibbutz Gonen, families gathered this week for one of the first resilience-focused culinary workshops launched as part of Jewish National Fund-USA’s broader investment in rebuilding northern Israel. Children rolled dough beside their parents, residents cooked with fresh produce grown on nearby farms, and for a few hours, many said they were able to focus on something other than war.
“When I’m cooking with my daughter, I see her focused on that,” one parent said during the workshop. “I see her not worried about sirens, or about potential sirens, or about what should we do.”
Another participant described the experience as a rare break from months of tension and isolation. “It really feels different from my everyday life now because of the war,” she said. “We didn’t go anywhere or do stuff or leave the kibbutz. So this is really fun.”
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