Darice Bailer

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Jan 23, 2014, 6:49 PM

Israel Lives in Every Jewish Heart

A song for Israel. My principal asked me to help the children in religious school prepare a song to sing to the congregation this Shabbat morning. A song about Israel. I thought about a song she suggested - David Melech Yisrael...

Oct 19, 2012, 4:51 PM

A tale of two sisters and Bibi’s Speech

There are two words one should never discuss with my mother on any condition, and one of them is the O word -- Obama

Aug 9, 2012, 1:21 PM

The One Who Remembered

Alexandra Raisman isn't shy about being Jewish. In fact, America's gold-medal gymnast chose to dance to Hava Nagila during her floor exercise at the 2012 Summer Games. It was like wearing a big Star of David in Toulouse. Raisman didn't care. The...

Jun 7, 2012, 5:26 PM

The Shinshinim are Here!

When the Young Emissaries program began 13 years ago, the Jewish Agency for Israel hoped it would connect Americans to Israel. And, 166 Israeli teens have flown across the ocean through the years, volunteering for a year of service before...

May 10, 2012, 3:11 PM

First, Chaya Steinberg saved herself. She packed up three heavy brass candlesticks, a mortar and pestle, and a samovar, tied her babushka, and fled her little shtetl in Holynka, Russia. The year was 1910, and my grandmother arrived in...

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