I was blessed to talk to Jenny Sividya, a 41 year old mother of two children who resides in Petach Tikva in central Israel. She talks to us about what that day was like, how she took her grief and is helping other survivors and what should be think about 4 months out and every day.

She has a master’s degree in social psychology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is currently a doctoral candidate in gender studies at Bar Ilan University.

On October 7th Jenny was at the Nova Festival with her partner. Her younger brother Shlomi and his girlfriend Lilli were also at the festival. Jenny and her partner survived. Shlomi and Lilli were brutally murdered.

Less than two weeks after Jenny buried her brother, she started volunteering at a healing center that holds support groups for parents, siblings and friends of those who have been murdered on and since October 7th. Utilizing her professional and personal experience, she now helps others who are also suffering the same unimaginable grief.