Chani Turk

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Oct 21, 2024, 7:47 PM

Message of a Flag

I should have realized when I saw her. The girl walking up the park holding a flag in her hands. Instead my thoughts took me to wondering if she was practicing for a daglanut somewhere. Then I drove off....

May 1, 2024, 1:17 AM

A picture came up on my digital frame the other day. My daughters blonde heads silhouetted against the backdrop of the Kotel at sunrise. We were at the early minyan davening of Hoshana Raba, in a little courtyard overlooking...

Feb 12, 2024, 11:10 AM

If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem

If I forget thee O Jerusalem. A Jewish wedding. The epitome of joy. Yet we stand under the chuppah and we stop and shatter a glass. We can not be complete when the Jewish people are still in exile, while...

Sep 23, 2022, 12:03 PM

New Year’s Resolution

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My sister and her seven kids came in this summer for the first time in five years. It was actually the first time we had met my youngest nephew who is 3. They came in for my son's wedding....

Apr 23, 2017, 12:57 AM

A Letter To My Children On Their Trip to Poland

To my Dearest Daniel and Goldie, I am writing one letter for the both of you bc what I have to tell you, my thoughts and my feelings about this upcoming Poland trip are the same for both of you. I...

Nov 9, 2016, 9:25 PM

Our Backpack Nation — A Parsha Story

It would have began with Adam and Eve, however, being that fig leaves don't weigh very much the pair had no need for backpacks when they got kicked out of the Garden of Eden. So lets jump to Avraham...

Feb 25, 2016, 7:53 AM

Oh how I wish I did not know of you. How I wish I did not know your name. I don't want to know what you were like, what kind of a person you were. I don't want to...

Oct 27, 2015, 11:54 AM

In Self Defense

Our Jewish history -- as we all know -- has not been a fun history filled with relaxing moments under our grape vines. We have been persecuted and attempts to wipe us off the map have been frequent. It is funny because never...

Jan 8, 2014, 2:19 PM

The unsung hero

Everyone has hero's. And some of those people deserve our adulation more then others. Some are considered hero's because they can sing really well or because they are tall and thin and beautiful and some are considered hero's because...

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About Me

Chani Turk made aliyah with her family in 2004. They have been living in Modiin ever since.