May 5, 2013
11:57 am

When sleazy almost met lazy

Social media junkie though I am, my Instagram account is relatively small with only 124 followers. I throw in the typical tossed salad of hashtags to try and get......

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April 2, 2013
9:46 am

A break with tradition

While I'm not much of a rule-follower, I'm a big believer in tradition. As long as no one is making me keep the tradition of course... ...

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January 8, 2013
10:43 pm

What’s your snow personality?

With the impending “fiercest (snow) storm in 20 years” about to hit the mountainous regions all over Israel, people can’t help but react. Studies have shown that someone’s......

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January 2, 2013
12:04 am

The social (media) revolution

They say social networking is destroying our social lives. They say social media is an addictive force that pushes our virtual friend counts to new heights while in......

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December 7, 2012
2:36 am

Social media – a history lesson

Sorry, I didn't share the news that I recently moved. In fact, I didn’t tell anyone. It was so sudden and so fast. We’re not just talking about moving from one......

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November 18, 2012
2:08 am

An extra siren

Sirens ring in the start of Shabbat in Israel– every week in fact. Living in Israel, you find Judaism and Jewish heritage infused into daily life here. Whether it’s......

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October 29, 2012
10:34 pm

It takes a village…

I live in a town where the grocer remembers what kind of sugar I prefer and knows my account number by heart. I live in a town where people......

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September 10, 2012
2:51 pm

Lone soldiers — anything but alone

Arya, a lone soldier in the IDF, grew up knowing that "Israel was a special and important place." Even as a young teen, Arya knew that just knowing about......

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July 15, 2012
4:59 pm

Israeli state of mind

First, a disclaimer of sorts. I work at Nefesh B’Nefesh. I made Aliyah with Nefesh B’Nefesh. Sometimes my life and my work overlap. Alright, more than sometimes. I often......

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June 11, 2012
2:21 pm

How to be a social media guru

What, you think it's presumptuous of me to offer this sage advice? Think again;......

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May 25, 2012
10:12 am

A healthy dose of comic relief

Anyone who knows me knows that I love life and love to laugh. It's a gift I like to give to myself every day; kind of like......

April 24, 2012
11:40 pm

Of sirens and patchwork quilts

The Yom Hazikaron siren sounds, and, like the seams of a patchwork quilt that have suddenly come together,......

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April 2, 2012
11:28 am

Go bananas for your seder

It seems that each year the time passing between Purim and Passover gets a little shorter. And I......

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March 2, 2012
9:54 am

Winter wonderland

It may have been two weeks late, but we got our snow, and how! While the kvetchers......

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February 15, 2012
7:28 pm

Let it snow…

When we made aliyah ten years ago, we carefully considered a number of important factors in choosing a community. After much research, we ultimately chose the Gush......

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