Chava Berman Borowsky

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Nov 3, 2024, 10:58 PM

Tomer Arava Eliaz

Tomer Arava Eliaz was a carefree, cheerful 17 year-old teenager who lived in Nachal Oz with his mom and his step siblings. He loved nature, riding his bike around the kibbutz, and uploading dance videos to TikTok of himself...

Oct 30, 2024, 10:15 PM

Nofei Habesor Class of 2024

September third 2023 was the first day of school for the seniors in Nofei Habesor High School in the Mateh Eshkol region which serviced all the nearby kibbutzim and moshavim. As homage to the annual tradition of pranking the...

Sep 2, 2024, 2:52 AM

A Right-winger at a Leftist Protest

I opened my phone this morning to devastating news and actual tears, the first time I shed tears since Oct. 7th. Rachel Goldberg Polin’s son Hersh was murdered after 335 days in captivity. It didn’t help that she had...

Jun 26, 2024, 8:08 PM

A day in the life, Jerusalem edition

I’ve always been mesmerized by what moving into a new country and learning its culture entails. I’m officially an olah for two months now in Talbiya, a more upscale neighborhood In Jerusalem. While I’m gradually integrating into the country...

May 20, 2024, 11:21 PM

Where was the IDF on Oct. 7th?

The question every Israeli has been asking without receiving any satisfactory answers. Netanyahu’s cabinet chalks it up to the “konseptzia” that Hamas were low-key unorganized terrorists without any major capabilities. The inconvenient truth is that the dangers that the...

May 16, 2024, 7:59 PM

Don’t Engage with Antisemites

One of the premier values in the Western world is the Socratic method of learning, where people can engage in open dialogue with one another in order to reach a better understanding about virtually any subject. Generally speaking, it’s...

May 14, 2024, 5:36 PM

Jewish Literacy

I’ll commemorate this year’s 76th Independence Day with something a little bit different from the usual. The inspiration for this post is a culmination of more than a few casual encounters where I was genuinely surprised by the lack...

May 11, 2024, 10:46 PM

What if we identified as Arabs?

We love giving ourselves applause that we are “the most moral army in the world,” that we are “the only democracy in the Middle East, and also of course that we are “the only Western country in the Middle...

May 5, 2024, 7:37 PM

Nasreen Yussef: Undercover Agent

Nasreen Yussef resided in Moshav Yated together with her husband Eiad and their four children as the only Druze family living in this moshav which was just four kilometers away from Gaza. On the morning of שבת השחורה she...

May 3, 2024, 1:11 PM

In the early hours of שבת השחורה there was no police force, no IDF, no fire fighters, and no special forces units. All there was was Rami Davidian with a few of his extended family members who he recruited...

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About Me

Chava Berman Borowsky grew up in Los Angeles, CA in an Orthodox community in the La Brea Fairfax neighborhood. She moved to Israel in 2008 and has since lived in Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh, Holon, and Ashdod. Her hobbies include cooking, hiking, painting, and writing.