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Why I Won’t Budge

Daniella Ashkenazy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:41:33 +0000

As residents of the south – I live in Kfar Warburg, a moshav bordering Kiriyat Malachi and east of Ashdod – my husband and I have received countless phone calls from relatives and friends and even old acquaintances with whom we lost contact decades ago, expressing concern for our safety and offering words of encouragement. [...]

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Why it would be wise to stick with El-Al…

Daniella Ashkenazy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:39:19 +0000

I admit, it was a ‘memorable flight’… Other than myself, a grumpy Russian civil engineer sitting behind me, a rabbi with a knitted kipa and American accent several rows ahead of us, and a small group of Israeli scouts returning from a Jewish summer camp in the States – I don’t think there were many [...]

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Passover in Israel wouldn’t be Passover unless….

Daniella Ashkenazy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:18:40 +0000

During the Passover seder, Jews everywhere ask – “Why is this night different from every other night.” But once one goes beyond the Four Questions, the quirkier things that make Passover in Israel different from the rest of the year, also set the Jewish State apart from the Diaspora. One of the most obvious differences [...]

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Killing Israel’s Bad Image – One Chuckle at a Time

Daniella Ashkenazy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:19:31 +0000

Chelm-on-the-Med© is Celebrating Its Third Birthday. Well Purim is over and Passover is just around the corner. But who says “Purim comes but once a year”?! Not in Israel. The truth is, hilarity is a year-round affair, hallmarked by the antics of silly politicians – from ministers down to local mayors; weird court cases and [...]

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Report from Grad Alley

Daniella Ashkenazy — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:41:30 +0000

As a resident of Grad Alley, living in a rural villa less than 40 kilometers from Gaza that doesn’t have a built-in mamad (a “protected safe zone”) or a public shelter within reach, I was relieved to see that the IDF Home Front Command is thinking of me. Last week, as in the past, for [...]

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