Chaim Seligman

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Jul 26, 2015, 9:35 PM

Spinning my Wheels

Is there hope? It’s hard to form the words. It’s even harder to publish a blog on this topic, in light of the feeling that I’m probably just spinning my own wheels. Maybe this year it’ll be different. Maybe not… Every...

Apr 22, 2015, 1:19 AM

Never Again: Reality or Poetic Consolation?

During these most intense days of the year in Israel and for Jews around the world when we commemorate those murdered in the Holocaust, those who sacrificed their lives for our safety in Israel and those murdered in cold...

Feb 4, 2015, 6:11 PM

Life’s not About the Résumé

Along with all other law students, if there’s anyone who understands the pressure of trying to make your résumé look as polished and perfect as possible, it’s me. Late last night I got the news that someone who was a...

Jan 29, 2015, 4:07 AM

Yesterday was bittersweet. I was excited to see an old friend of mine who came to visit. But, when I went over to give him a hug, he told me that he just found out that one of the two...

Nov 19, 2014, 5:40 AM

The Alzheimer’s Generation

It's time to WAKE UP! Yesterday at 7:01 am, 4 Jews were brutally murdered and 8 more severely injured while praying the morning service in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof. Instead of discussing the entire situation and order of events...

Aug 5, 2014, 1:35 AM

Enough Sadness Already

I am emotionally exhausted. Along with many other people living in Israel and Jews abroad, I have not slept well at all since the beginning of Operation Defensive Edge, almost a month ago now. I was sitting on the couch...

Jul 22, 2014, 3:06 AM

A Lone Soldier’s True Family

Death sucks. Tonight I lost a very close relative, one that I never even knew. As we all very well know, wherever there's a war, there are going to be funerals. Tonight (last night at this point) I attended...

Jul 10, 2014, 8:26 PM

When Proximity Nightmares Become Reality

My first nightmare this week came on Sunday night. The rockets had already started raining down (even more than usual) on my brothers and sisters in southern Israel, but had not yet reached the Merkaz (center region of Israel)....

Jun 30, 2014, 9:49 PM

Shocked, Sad, Disgusted and Angry

After coming home from studying in the library, I was standing in my kitchen at around 8 o'clock this evening when one of my roommates came in and asked me if I wanted to hear the live news regarding...

Mar 2, 2014, 2:45 PM

While recently visiting the Kotel (Western Wall) and trying to gather a Minyan of ten men for Ma’ariv, the evening prayer, one of the people I invited to join told me “no thanks, I’m here to just talk with...

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About Me

Chaim Seligman is a Law student at Bar-Ilan University, President of the BIU Model UN Society and works in the University’s External Relations Department; Originally from Florida, Chaim now lives in the Merkaz and enjoys life as a student in the Jewish Homeland; Chaim’s true passions are Israel and the Jewish Nation’s eternal success.