January 22, 2013
8:16 am

My first vote

Today I got choked up as I walked towards the school classroom to vote. And, while I can’t exactly understand why – perhaps it was the last vestige of......

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November 15, 2012
9:33 pm

The Siren Heard…But Not Believed

A little over an hour ago, I got off the phone with my father after saying: “Yes, things in Israel in the South are not just heating up…they are......

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August 27, 2012
8:24 pm

Am I More Israeli Now?

In the steaming heat, I walked outside of a semi-abandoned recreation center in North Tel Aviv carrying a gas mask box that, quite frankly, I could turn into a......

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August 8, 2012
6:36 pm

Tel-O-No-Fun

I’d like to call myself an environmentalist, but let’s get real. I’m an environmentalist when it's easy, or......

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August 1, 2012
3:08 pm

Yesterday

Yesterday was an important day. It was so important that I couldn't write about it yesterday, or the day before yesterday. It was a day I used to believe......

July 19, 2012
8:48 am

Today our kids came home

Today our kids came home. Some in boxes, others on stretchers, and still others walked off the plane. But the scars in their heads will last a......

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July 18, 2012
2:08 pm

Questions and Answers

I get asked one of two questions on almost a daily basis: 1. Are you here to stay? 2. What is it about Israel? Let me say that no two questions confound......

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June 22, 2012
4:16 pm

A Woman’s Question

My heart was pounding, I was jotting notes furiously on my iPhone, and finally the moment had come - I raised my hand to ask for the mic -......

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June 16, 2012
7:16 pm

Not In My Backyard

Do you have a child? I don’t, yet, but here is what I imagine that having a child must be like when you’re watching them taking a step towards......

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June 10, 2012
6:52 am

Pride in Tel Aviv

It is Monday night, and I am sitting across from Kikar Rabin looking at the gigantic sign they've......

June 6, 2012
8:46 am

P-Day

The Facebook post that started it all. "2.5 years later and I finally own the one document that will allow me to fulfill my Aliyah dream - signing up......

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