Sarah Weller is busy getting her three sons ready for a new school year on Sept. 1 as she begins as a teacher in a private school in Jerusalem. Natan, 11, is going into sixth grade, Zacki, 8, is headed for third grade, and Amichai, 5, is off to kindergarten.

As the war heads towards its second anniversary on Oct. 7, Weller says that school during this time has been a challenge. Their father, Yossi Weller, has done several stints of reserve duty over the past 22 months.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty and stress,” she tells JNS. “Will the teachers be there or will they be in miluim (‘reserve duty’)? Last year, the teachers kept switching, which was hard, and this year his teacher (who was supposed to teach his class for a second year) decided she needed a sabbatical because her husband wa

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