No Pictures – COVID in the Old City
I didn't take a picture. Today the 3rd lockdown in Israel started. Movement is severely restricted; businesses and stores are closed; school attendance is limited…
I didn't take a picture. Today the 3rd lockdown in Israel started. Movement is severely restricted; businesses and stores are closed; school attendance is limited…
The Biblical text is filled with stories about men's lives. The women who are prominent in the Bible draw notoriety from their scarcity. Their role…
One of the most compelling piyyutim poems in the Yom Kippur prayers (piyyut here) compares the relationship between Man and God through metaphors centering around…
Today, I am Israeli. It's a weird feeling that creeps up on me during this time of year. The time of year when we mark,…
INCOMPLETE WORK This series about the battles of Hanukkah is ending; today is the 8th and last day of the holiday and this will be…
Continue reading → A Great Miracle Happened (W)here – Eleasa
On Friday I went to a taping of a TEDx Women's event in Jerusalem. I looked forward to the event for weeks, being a fan…
Memorial Day Sale! Everything 25% off! This is how I viewed Memorial Day growing up. Memorial Day was a day set aside by the US…
Today, Israel stopped for 2 minutes for a siren. Every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, sirens sound at 10:00 a.m. Cars on the roads pull…
I surf and contribute to a lot of facebook groups, mostly having to do with Israel and touring in Israel. And I am tired of…
In my family, we hitchhike. In my family, we pick up hitchhikers. We ask for and receive help from random people we meet. We belong…