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Apr 10, 2023, 1:05 AM
An Angry, Broken Heart
Image by Dimitri Wittmann from Pixabay
Today I watched a family whom I don't know bury their two daughters while their mother/wife fights for her life. I spent much of the day crying, partly for their unimaginable pain and partly for the pain of the...
Dec 10, 2019, 10:51 PM
Making Aliyah a Smooth Landing
Packing up your stuff, deciding what to take with you or give away, closing down your phone line and electricity bills, selling your car – all the aspects of moving can be a huge source of frustration and seem...
Aug 15, 2019, 1:44 AM
Lost in Translation
Moving to Israel – making aliyah – is hard enough. Whether you arrive as a single person or married with eight children, it can be fraught with pitfalls, difficulties, and loads of frustration. But when it comes to learning...
Apr 12, 2018, 1:19 AM
Yom HaShoah Thoughts From a 2nd Generation
Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million. We stand for a moment of silence as a siren blares throughout Israel, and we go to Holocaust Remembrance events. But for some of us, it’s a more personal thing. The...
Jan 5, 2017, 3:46 PM
A Realistic Aliyah
You've just moved to a new country where you don’t speak the language, but you need to register your son for 3rd grade and your daughter for kindergarten. You also need a gas line put in your apartment, and...
May 31, 2016, 4:53 PM
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Ladies, Please Get a Job
Ultra-Orthodox women working in the Malam Group IT company in the Haredi settlement of Beitar Illit. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
One of the things that my husband and I teach our kids is the importance of working; growing up, it never crossed my mind that I wouldn’t work for a living - it’s something that was simply assumed and I knew it was what I wanted
Apr 13, 2016, 12:21 AM
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The 9-Hour Breakup
People stand on a platform waiting to get on the subway in New York City (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
Why would anyone want to spend an hour and a half in traffic to get to a desk to do work they could easily do at home?
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About Me
A marketing professional and former startup founder with a background in finance and international payment systems. A hi-tech B2B SaaS content creator, strategic thinker, manager, and storyteller extraordinaire with 15 years of experience, with a passionate for technology with a human component.