Miri Gad Messika is a third-generation member of Kibbutz Be'eri and a graduate of the communal child-rearing system. Brought up in the idyllic Southern Israel community, directly on the border with Gaza, no one in her community ever could have imagined the horrors that unfolded on October 7, 2023.

On that horrifying and fateful day--like all 1200 members of Be'eri--Miri, her husband, and three children hid in their home's secure room as terrorists rampaged through their community.

Terrorists broke into their house and attempted to breach the door of the secure room. When they failed, they set the house on fire, with the whole family inside.

Miri and her family had no choice but to jump from the second-floor window to survive. Neighbors who saw the family jumping ran to their aid and helped them escape to safety. During their eva ...