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Deena Levenstein

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May 23, 2013
3:21 am

My talisman tallis secret

No, this is not about the Women of the Wall. It is a story about a segula I bought into a few years ago. A segula has no perfect translation......

May 16, 2013
4:46 pm

A soulful Shavuot night adventure in Jerusalem

Shavuot, the Jewish holiday when we celebrate the giving of the Torah, the 10 commandments et al, on Mount Sinai, has come and gone. I get to celebrate Shavuot......

April 8, 2013
8:02 pm

Mamas without their mamas in Jerusalem

There are ways of coming into this world... And there are ways of going out... Around nine months ago Ayala Pamela Weisfeld z"l was diagnosed with breast cancer that......

April 1, 2013
9:20 pm

So THAT’S what Passover’s for!

The real reason we keep such a strict diet for one week a year is so that we'll appreciate how easy it actually is to keep kosher the rest......

March 29, 2013
12:36 am

Legumes say farewell to Sephardi/Ashkenazi distinctions

Who thinks legumes are innocent? It's Pessach and I ate corn and chumus for dinner. And Bamba as a snack earlier today. I'm Ashkenazi and I eat kitniyot. Hear me roar. Of......

March 27, 2013
12:32 am

It’s Pesach again and that’s sort of OK

It's like a satire the way we go through the same holiday motions year after year. We say the same things every year. Everyone, remember! Dust isn't chametz! ...

March 20, 2013
1:23 pm

The “ew” factor in second-hand purchasing

We all know that actually the world is a disgusting place. Supposedly we eat little spiders in our sleep ...

March 19, 2013
12:23 am

Azza Street is religiously eclectic but quicksand for many businesses

Rechavia, an attractive and central Jerusalem neighbourhood, has a religious mix that is a breath of fresh air to me, especially after living in Katamon for many years. The......

March 15, 2013
2:32 am

Damn you, fear. Be gone.

My dear sister Devora wrote a post called "Creating our own personal freedom." Ah yes, to be free. As I read it, I was very surprised to find a......

March 4, 2013
1:27 am

Much ado about a Marathon

Why the big hullabaloo about marathons? Almost the entire city is shut down for around half a day so that a bunch of people can run around it? I really......

February 23, 2013
11:47 pm

Mishloach manot for a classmate in need

I need to tell you about a classmate of mine from elementary school in Toronto, Rachel Mechanic Swirsky ע"ה. It was shocking when she passed away just over one-and-a-half months......

January 27, 2013
11:10 pm

Snow Day, Election Day and Sun Day

The Megilat Ta'anit lists the days in the Jewish calendar on which it is forbidden to fast. But there are a couple of relatively new Israeli holidays......

November 21, 2012
1:36 am

Two lessons learned about Israel during wartime

My first year in Israel I was 11 and I experienced dozens of air raid sirens right here in Jerusalem. It was the Gulf War and my parents chose......

October 16, 2012
12:01 am

JDate’s latest “client retention” program

JDate.co.il members now need to call customer support (yes, on the telephone) in order to turn off......

October 14, 2012
8:52 pm

Israelis return to their Diaspora roots through their lost surnames

An Israeli Facebook "event" is inspiring young Israelis to think about the surnames their families had before they went through Hebraization in Israel. ...

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