Yom Kippur War

On a frigid December night, maintenance workers in Cherbourg reported that engines were being run to avoid freezing—only for the ships to vanish into the dark, unflagged and unlit.

Scriptwriter and satirist Meni Assayag has faced numerous upheavals in his life, but there are moments he will never forget. Memories of the frantic run to the shelters during the Yom Kippur War, the unusual event that took place on his father's last Shabbat, and the spreading of the *tefillin* ritual like wildfire.

The head of Military Intelligence corresponded with him using codes during the Yom Kippur War. Yaakov Peri met with him immediately after being appointed head of the Shin Bet. Benjamin Netanyahu received guidance on how to represent Israel at the UN. 'At the Crucial Moment', a new book by Shalom Yerushalmi, Yossi Elituv, and Aryeh Erlich, describes the depth of the political and security dialogue between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Israeli leaders.