Ariella Nadel, at The Blogs

May 25, 2022, 3:39 PM

For generations, the blue and white that became our Israeli flag were a dream. And now it inspires us and shelters us... until we take it down for next year

Apr 17, 2022, 11:06 PM

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If Philo observed Passover from my porch

This festival has always been about family and friends and large pots of soup -- and it grants us renewed strength to return to the post-holiday routine

Mar 9, 2022, 12:23 PM

A hug from Modi’in

Halfway through my daily walk, I pass a memorial to those from our city who gave their life for our Land. It is on the edge of a path which hugs a valley where our ancestors once lived. If...

Jan 27, 2022, 10:08 PM

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Snow in Jerusalem, a survivor and a psalm

The psalm I say every day came alive for the first time, with children playing in a winter wonderland near Jerusalem, healing the broken heart of a people

Jan 5, 2022, 11:35 AM

My Favorite House in Netanya

There is a house in Netanya that I pass on my way to work. It is modestly hidden behind several orange trees in the shadow of a senior home called Home for the Golden Years. Its address is juxtaposed...

Dec 22, 2021, 11:32 PM

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G-d wiIling, may we all be together soon

Joseph first went to Israel, but settled in South Africa. Mendel was a dentist in the Nazi concentration camps. And Isadore, my grandfather, went to Seattle

Dec 10, 2021, 2:34 PM

I Want to Dream Like Joseph

And I also dream like Joseph, Yes they also threw me into the pit A wheel that repeats inside a costume, And like David I make it into a Psalm Hanan Ben Ari (Dream Like Joseph) This modern-day Psalm by Israeli singer...

Sep 2, 2021, 4:42 PM

A Grandfather’s Blessing

These days, if you ask me where where I come from the answer is not so simple - my roots are in New York, I raised a family in Michigan and now I have made Aliyah to Modi’in. But ask...

Apr 14, 2021, 6:58 PM

Blessed to be late

I admit, I have a reputation of instinctively being five minutes behind schedule. (Alright, maybe ten). My friends call it late. I call it living just a bit behind in time. Before moving forward, I intuitively busy myself with tying...

Dec 31, 2020, 10:36 PM

You Got This – Musings from My Porch on Day 10 of Quarantine

Day 10 of quarantine and my life has become a playlist of songs -- I dance and sing in the 120 meters of my new home for it is not yet time to cross its threshold. My apartment is a...

About Me

Ariella Nadel has been a TaNakh teacher and community educator for the past twenty-five years. Until making Aliya this past summer to Modi’in, she was a TaNakh teacher at Yeshivat Akiva/Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield, Michigan. She currently teaches at several Midrashot in Israel and is an adult educator for JLearn of Metropolitan Detroit. Ariella Nadel has a pedagogue degree from Michlala College for Women and holds degrees in Judaic Studies and Political Science from Yeshiva University and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

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