Chana Pinto, at The Blogs

Feb 6, 2023, 9:54 PM

Rainy evening outside the writer's home in Tel Mond.

The rain is finally here, and we are happy to receive it. We need the winter rain. The land depends on it -- our fields, rivers, lakes, etc., etc. We really are -- and should always be -- grateful...

Jan 28, 2023, 7:32 PM

The Other Survivors

Michle Israelevitch (Drazin), on the ship to Canada.
Courtesy of the writer.

Today (Friday) is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here in Israel, our main Holocaust memorial day is Yom Hashoa, after Passover. But for the rest of the world, at least UN member nations, the date of January 27 was chosen...

Jan 15, 2023, 10:26 PM

A Tribute to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Levene zt”l

On the first night of Hanukkah this year I had the privilege, however unfortunate, of attending the funeral of HaRav Avraham Yitzchak Levene zt"l. Rabbi Levene, as he was known, left this world on December 16, 2022 (22 Kislev)...

Dec 29, 2022, 9:31 PM

A Light Unto the Nations?

Beach in Israel, taken by the writer -Summer 2022

I am really happy living in Israel. One of my taglines on my profile on this blogging platform states that I "moved to Israel in 2005 and have never looked back". And though I often claim that I have...

Dec 25, 2022, 1:16 PM

Display your lights!

It’s Saturday night, and I just realized that it is also Christmas Eve, but only because I looked at the date. Otherwise I may not have known. That's how it is here in Israel. For Jews, of course, it is...

Dec 18, 2022, 9:41 AM

Queen Victoria’s Infamous Descendants

Harry & Meghan, Netflix docuseries, (screenshot)

I admit that I am not a big fan of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Or any member of the British Royal Family-2022. That’s not to say that I’m not intrigued about the goings-on and the gossip about...

Dec 11, 2022, 8:19 AM

Farha Exposed

Last week I watched the movie Farha on TV. It is a Jordanian film which was shown at film festivals in 2021 but only came out on Netflix this past week. The movie has received a lot of negative...

Dec 1, 2022, 4:21 AM

There is nothing like Jerusalem

Western Wall Heritage Foundation Facebook page

Oh, JERUSALEM! Yerushalayim. The city that we Jews pray to return to, to rebuild our holy Beit Hamikdash. I myself don't live in Jerusalem, and I don't even visit that often anymore. I live in the Sharon Region, close...

Nov 17, 2022, 4:34 PM

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Very sad reactions

Three Jews murdered by Palestinian terrorist this week.
Screenshot

Antisemites broadcast on social media - that's not news. What alarmed me was the ease with which they infiltrated Jewish and Israeli pages and mocked our pain

Nov 13, 2022, 12:21 PM

Chodesh Irgun Explained

Chodesh Irgun. It’s upon us again, as it is every year, several weeks after Simchat Torah. Never heard of it? For those living outside of Israel, this is Chodesh Irgun in a nutshell: Each year, about a month after the...

About Me

Chana R. Pinto works at Eric Cohen Books in Ra’anana. She has a BA from Yeshiva University and an MsED from Bank Street College of Education. She made aliyah in 2005 and lives in the beautiful and picturesque town of Tel Mond in the Sharon area of Central Israel. She loves Israel, in all types of weather.

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