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May 13, 2021, 8:24 AM

A personal experience during the terror attack

Intensely terrorizing. News Warning. Hamas will attack Tel Aviv and surrounding areas next. Only one thought. Our children. Feeling unprepared. Sirens begin. It's 9 p.m. Sirens astound. One minute. Find cover. Missiles. Explosions. Iron dome interceptions. (those we want to hear) Overwhelmingly loud. Too many times. And again. It's 3 a.m. Wailing Sirens, Explosions and then the...

Aug 13, 2020, 9:17 PM

A Wonderful Cry

To hear her cry was all I wanted, and then it happened, simultaneously they cried, my daughter and her new baby girl. As I write I reflect on just a few days ago and the excitement still overwhelms me. I...

Apr 29, 2020, 8:42 PM

Not My First Time

After voting 3 times since my Aliyah less than 3 years ago, the deal was sealed for me. I became convinced that there is no place like here. It's far from life in NYC, and I feel grateful. This year, being...

Apr 2, 2020, 2:10 PM

The Other Isolation

After two weeks of quarantine, a first-time experience for my husband and I, of course we survived it. We were told to isolate ourselves at home for 14 days due to our travel abroad; I’ve heard that people have...

Mar 23, 2020, 9:25 AM

Bookends (are a pair of supports)

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Bookends are a pair of supports used to hold a row of books in an upright position by placing one at each end of the row-Collins Dictionary My Aunt Gloria was telling me about her bookends, and I was really...

May 30, 2019, 1:26 PM

Israel, and Women’s Empowerment

Women’s empowerment is quite evident throughout Israel’s society. The most recent display for the world to see was Netta Barzilai. Once again singing her winning song, “TOY,” from last year’s 2018 Eurovision competition, Netta deserves attention. In front of...

May 10, 2018, 6:02 PM

Beit Ha Lohem-House of the Warriors

The sprawling grounds of Beit Ha Lohem, located outside of Tel Aviv, as it translates into House of Warriors (Fighters) only meant one thing to me. I admit that the first time I went to the club, designed for the...

Oct 23, 2017, 11:13 PM

On The Footsteps of the Fighters: (LoHamim) with Avigdor Kahalani

On Sunday, October 22, I went with my husband to the heart of the country, the Golan Heights. In my opinion the northern part of Israel, the Golan Heights in particular, is where the heart is at. Avigdor Kahalani had invited...

Oct 17, 2017, 11:39 AM

Foxtrot = Disgraceful

As the movie ended in Tel Aviv last evening, evidently I (a Jewish American), along with my husband (an Israeli, Sabra and a veteran), and many others could not bear to be in the same room with Samuel Maoz. Maoz's...

Sep 6, 2017, 3:20 AM

According to Oxford's English Dictionary: Synonyms for America are: the United States of America, the USA, the States, the land of the free, God's own country. According to my elderly neighbor, who is around 89-90 years old, he said to...

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About Me

Allyson Altit is from New York. She has worked in the travel industry for over 30 years as a leisure specialist. Her area of expertise is in European destinations and Israel. She has been involved with charity work for the Hadassah organization as well. In 2009 she graduated from Queens College majoring in Jewish studies. She has just completed writing her first novel...

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