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January 15, 2013
10:18 am

Tu B’Shvat for the Plant Killer

There is no official name for people like me. Sure, I can say that I have a black thumb, or that what I do is involuntary plantslaughter, but those......

November 4, 2012
12:14 pm

Feeling helpless, miles away from Sandy

As a native New Yorker living in Israel, I’ve watched the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy with a feeling of complete helplessness. Image after image, and video after video, of......

October 22, 2012
11:47 am

Israeli’s Lax Attitude Towards Food Allergies

This past Friday, during gan pick up for our 18 month old, the gannenet went on and on......

September 4, 2012
8:30 pm

Why Mommy doesn’t pray

We're on the countdown to Rosh Hashanah, which for me means preparing delicious menus for our lunch guests, trying to figure out how to make vegan honey cake for......

August 22, 2012
10:39 pm

Drinking Games: The Jerusalem Beer Festival

Tonight, my husband and I decided to reclaim our youth by donning Radiohead Southpark and Janis Joplin t-shirts, to attend the 8th Annual Jerusalem Beer Festival at the old......

August 2, 2012
2:32 am

Summer camp memories

My 13-year-old Israeli niece is spending her very first summer at a Jewish sleep-away camp in Pennsylvania. When I heard she was going, I was......

July 18, 2012
3:22 pm

The Concubine Revival

Concubines are making a comeback. Only this time, adultery has received some impressive Rabbinical blessing. The Chief Judge of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court, Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel, ruled ...

June 28, 2012
3:28 pm

Responsibility of the Jewish writer

With great power comes great responsibility. -- Voltaire, and also Spiderman's Uncle Ben I let my hand linger in the air a bit and then thought better of it,......

June 19, 2012
2:09 pm

Getting intimate with the President

President Shimon Peres knows how to throw a party. This evening, the 4th Israeli Presidential Conference will begin at the Jerusalem International Conventional Center. "Facing Tomorrow" is the ...

June 12, 2012
9:03 pm

Please pass the pie

Do you feel that undercurrent in the air? The tension in the city? It's just building with all of this talk about bombing Iran. Today, Adam Zussman, the head......

May 23, 2012
10:43 pm

Hassidic Woman vs. Hassidic Woman: Round 1

If your Facebook feed looks anything like mine, then you spent much of Tuesday reading reactions to one Hassidic woman's inspiring article about how awesome it is to be......

April 23, 2012
10:14 pm

What about our disabled veterans?

Every year, as Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) approaches, I watch my husband's entire demeanor change. His shoulders slump more, his normally cheerful disposition wanes, and his mind wanders. Like......