They say never meet your heroes, because they may disappoint you. I'm sure it happens, but the idiom couldn't be further from the truth when I met Alon.
The nice thing about songs is that you can make them your own, and these lyrics by Graham Nash swirled through my head while listening to students discuss their experience at Alexander Muss High School In Israel (HSI).
The horrors of October 7th reverberate here as it does throughout all directions of the State, and ground zero for sitting vigil is Hostages Square, originally located at the IDF Command Center HQ a few streets down