Blasted from Complacency: A Journey from Terror to Transformation in Israel

A Vacation Under Fire

As a Jewish child growing up in the United States, Penny S. Tee was raised to care about Israel. But as an adult, events in her ancestral homeland took a back seat to the concerns of her everyday life. All that changed when Penny was thrust to the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while vacationing in Israel in 2014. Cowered in a bomb shelter with her family as missiles exploded around them, Penny witnessed the terrors of war firsthand . . . and she would never be the same again.

Blasted from Complacency: A Journey from Terror to Transformation in Israel is Penny's compelling, true account of her harrowing ordeal and how it jolted her out of inaction and caused her to rethink her beliefs. She exposes the terrifying reality faced daily by Israelis and Palestinians, as they struggle to live their lives under the constant threat of attack. She reveals how her experiences ignited in her the desire to work for change. And she shares the valuable life lessons and remarkable insights she has gained along the way. A gripping chronicle of one woman's ongoing quest for peace both within herself and in the world around her, Blasted from Complacency is a revelation with the power to open minds and change hearts.