ZAKA female volunteers picking up remains from massacre: ‘I shower and still smell death’

Nurit Cohen goes between houses in the surrounding settlements, diligently removing clotted blood stains and other evidence even in the ‘cemetery’ of the burnt cars. On other days, when she is not volunteering at ZAKA, Cohen is a diving instructor, and even drives to Eilat with her heavy two-wheeler. She is a resident of Modi’in and belongs to a unique Jewish community. “When I feel like it, I go to synagogue and when I feel like going to the beach, I do it without qualms. It’s live and let live without judgment.”

Cohen...