Months have passed since the fiercest days of fighting on the ground, during the recent Swords of Iron war. Today the campus of Reichman University is in bloom — early spring in the air, orange blossoms drifting across the pathways, the quiet promise of renewal. Soon we will celebrate Purim, recalling the ancient story of deliverance in the Book of Esther, and not long after, Passover — also a festival of freedom and rebirth.