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May 24, 2017, 11:30 PM

I struggle with Yom Yerushalayim

I woke up in the galut. It is not the worst of all diasporas, I woke up with feeling the cold air from the air conditioner on face and touching stacked books on the side of my bed with my...

Sep 30, 2016, 9:09 AM

The right values

I had been in the airport for hours. Why? Because I didn’t want to spend an entire day imagining how much I would miss the Upper West Side or feeling the pain of the sad goodbye to the capital of the...

Apr 28, 2016, 10:06 AM

The Jews among Jews

“She is beautiful”, Yaakov said, almost whispering, to his friend sitting beside him. “Yeah, she is, but I don’t think she is Jewish,” Itzhak commented, whispering as well. “Why?” Yaakov asked, surprised, because he notes that young woman every shabbas at...

Mar 27, 2016, 7:42 AM

Jewish Loneliness

Here I am. Sitting alone in this crowded restaurant. I feel bad for the people waiting for a table outside, although my table has only two places. I look through the window and I see a normal day, there...

Mar 23, 2016, 10:26 AM

Weird religious girl

"Did you see what happened in Belgium?" he asked me. I had just woken up. I haven't seen anything. Actually, because of the investigation of the surreal corruption scandal that is happening in Brazil and how it is changing the political...

Mar 17, 2016, 10:56 AM

Shame on you, Dilma!

“If Bolsonaro (a right-wing deputy famous for his Trump-like style) comes to power, I’ll make Aliyah!”, I heard someone saying. I admit that I’ve always silently laughed of my friends who expressed their concerns that radical left-wing or right-wing politicians...

Mar 16, 2016, 7:11 AM

"We had an argument! Look, I'm certain now that he is completely insane," she said, furious, while passing through the door. I took my glasses off my face. I rubbed my eyes. I was still trying to understand the words...

Dec 20, 2015, 6:07 AM

The Rabbi and my Sarcastic Self

A rabbi once told me - and rabbis are usually very good on storytelling, especially when the word Kabbalah is involved - about the dialogue between mind and soul. I thought, or at least my sarcastic self thought, what a...

Nov 22, 2015, 11:40 PM

The beauty of liberty in Israel

I was tired, most of all I was tired. I had spent the entire day studying Halacha, contemporary women's issues and hebrew at a midrasha of advanced torah study for women, however marvelous it is to learn and experience...

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Avigayil lives in Belém (State of Pará), northern Brazil. Student of International Relations at University of Amazon.