When I was 5 years old, my mom picked me up from kindergarten and brought me back to our house in North Tel Aviv.
I asked her a question that seemed so normal: “Mom, at what age do people go to the military?”
“At the age of 18,” she answered.
“And what will I need to do there?” I asked.
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