About
Coming Home Soon, is an initiative focused on illuminating the dire situation of each hostage through personal stories and messages from around the world.
The interactive installation features 240 books, each representing a hostage: the missing, the freed and those tragically murdered . Visitors are invited to write their own messages, read other messages of hope and support or simply meander through the rows of brightly covered books, each featuring a photo of a hostage on the cover.
In addition to the live installation, the initiative also includes printed postcards and the online platform. Both of these options provide an opportunity to connect and send a personal message, to be included in the books.
Our Mission
Coming Home Soon, is the brainchild of a group of Israeli and Jewish women in the Netherlands, joined together by an unwavering determination to raise awareness of the abductees, honor their individuality and offer a platform to create a personal connection. Ultimately, the books will be sent to the freed hostage or the hostages’ families, as a show of solidarity and an offer of comfort.
Coming Home Soon is an apolitical initiative that supports advocacy efforts through a non-political approach, endeavoring to remind people that each hostage, whether Jewish, Muslim, or Christian, is a human being and each human being has a story.
We will Continue This Project Until Every Last Person Is Home
Who Are We?
We are an all-female team at Coming Home Soon.
Initiated by artist Inbar Hasson and designed by graphic designer Katya Morozkin,
Caren Pardovitch and Leslie de Swaan, are responsible for development and PR.
Lilach Tal is in charge of project management; Zafrit Lewin is responsible for content;
Lorna Levy for copywriting; Ilana Soesan for operations and Tamar Shilo for book maintenance, Ela Shapira - Technical Advisor.
Also taking part in our initiative are many other talented women throughout the world:
Germany: Ester Mueller-Dayan and Marie Kaempf, IKG -Jewish Community of Munich.
US: Anna Belzer, Minnesota; Anat Yoseffy, New York; and Dara Levy, California.
France: Arielle Koffler, Paris.
Israel: Chen Abramovich