Jill Batya Virag Samuels

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Apr 6, 2020, 5:12 PM

The Pesach manicure that wasn’t

For the past 20 years or so, Pesach (Passover) preparation, that search for any lingering cookie crumb, has been synonymous with scrubbing, scraping and squeezing the last bits of stubborn built-up oven grease combined with dried food from the...

Dec 13, 2016, 8:52 PM

My Millenial Adventure in Ulpan Etzion

Oh, Millennials. Those born between 1982 and 2002 whose characteristics have been highlighted recently in the media: Overconfident. Narcissistic. Needy. Not exactly prime virtues. I myself am a proud product of Generation X. I didn’t have a cell phone when...

Aug 31, 2016, 9:32 PM

A different kind of beginning: Musings on the first day of school

Everything she needed to know to make her way as a new olah she learned as a teacher of kindergarten

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Jill Batya Virag Samuels made aliyah in 2016 from New York City and resides in Jerusalem.