Ana Gutierrez, at The Blogs

Sep 9, 2024, 6:54 AM

A few years ago a former friend of mine while doing his EuroTrip visited the Auschwitz concentration camps. Nothing wrong with wanting to learn about world history. The thing that bothered me then and still bothers me was a...

Sep 1, 2024, 11:18 AM

Feeling lucky to be alive

Last week there was no article -- not that you noticed -- because it was my husband’s birthday and as much as I was planning to work on the article while chilling on the beach, Nasrallah had other plans...

Aug 18, 2024, 6:22 PM

Love, love, love

Even though Tu B’av is a minor Jewish holiday, I would never miss a chance to celebrate the lovely and challenging story I am writing along with my husband. I work with a few religious guys, so I always...

Aug 11, 2024, 5:48 PM

Working in Israel

I was raised by two workaholics, so spending almost a year without being able to have a job was probably the toughest time I have experienced - and I have survived a pandemic and I am currently surviving a...

Aug 4, 2024, 10:47 AM

Should I stay or should I go?

Last week I was lying in bed next to my husband talking about life. We were gossiping about work, our friends, the usual pillow talk. Later on we hit the mall to get some stuff for the house. When...

Jul 28, 2024, 8:28 AM

Happy Independence Day to me

Full disclosure, I was not sure what to write about in today’s article, and then, Thursday night while having friends over, it hit me. I wanted to talk to you about what independence means when you move to Israel...

Jul 21, 2024, 10:57 AM

A guy named Thomas

Thomas and my husband met around 10 years ago, almost right after the army. They used to work as bartenders in a very fancy bar in the center of Jerusalem. My husband was saving money for his big trip...

Jul 14, 2024, 12:01 AM

The last frontier

Last time I was home was in May 2023, the last time I brought home to me was in December 2023 when my parents and younger brother came to spend Christmas and New Years with me and my husband....

Nov 12, 2023, 11:28 AM

I did not sign up for this, but I am 100% in

When I met Oren back in 2018 I did not really understand much of the army or miluim. I think he went a couple of times for like 4 days and it was just training, basic stuff, nothing serious....

Dec 4, 2021, 10:18 PM

Israel’s growing intermarriage blessing

Michael Freund, a correspondent and syndicated columnist for The Jerusalem Post, recently published an article called "Israel’s growing intermarriage problem." I saw it in a Facebook group while watching Netflix with my Jewish husband at our lovely apartment in...

About Me

Ana is a curious girl that after exploring Israel and pursuing an MA in TAU during 2017/18, also found her life partner in a museum in Jerusalem. In the middle of a pandemia, and a world crisis, she married her Jerusalemite lion and moved to Israel for good. She writes about her experiences as a wife, as a foreigner in the Holy Land and as a woman exploring life.

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