Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more
English
العربية
Français
فارسی
עברית
Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
The Blogs
Hannah Pollak
About Me
Contact Me
search
search
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate
Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
The Daily Edition
What Matters Most Today
Tech Israel
Updates from Silicon Wadi
Real Estate Israel
Weekly Update
The Weekend Edition
The Best Reads of the Week
Weekly Highlights
Choice Voices From The Blogs
Partners
Atlanta
Atlanta Jewish Times
North New Jersey
The Jewish Standard
Pittsburgh
Jewish Chronicle
United Kingdom
The Jewish News
Australia
The Australian Jewish News
For Publishers
Become a Partner
Community
Join our community
Sign in
About The Times of Israel
Advertise on The Times of Israel
Contact us
Get the Daily Edition
submit
Follow us
Facebook
Twitter
© 2023 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
Terms and conditions
Privacy policy
search
The Blogs
Hannah Pollak
RSS
The Blogs
Home
Featured
Latest
Popular
Terms of Use
About Me
Contact Me
Apply for a Blog
Advertisement
Nov 22, 2023, 10:29 PM
ACT Therapy, Chanukah and the wars of Israel
A few months ago, someone I met taught me about ACT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. This psychotherapy technique encourages the patient to accept their internal and external realities and to respond according to their beliefs and values. One particular...
Nov 10, 2023, 2:03 AM
October 7: The day my generation lost its innocence
I remember thinking to myself how fortunate I was to have been born after the end of millennia of overt Antisemitism. As I learned Tanach and Jewish History in high school, I saw the stark contrast between my reality...
Sep 21, 2023, 4:55 AM
Teshuvah, rigidness and flexibility
Some days ago, I had an interesting conversation with someone. Coming into this conversation, I intuitively believed that a person who is firm and unbending would naturally be more disciplined and regimented, attributes that are certainly conducive to personal...
Jun 29, 2023, 7:45 AM
Public image and baseless hatred
Jewish Law is quite concerned with one's public image. Don't get me wrong. While ultimately it's all about "knowing before Whom you toil," Halacha also acknowledges that the individual Jew does not live in a vacuum. We are all...
May 30, 2023, 9:01 AM
Missing the point of Bikkurim
I think that learning about how non-Orthodox Jewish movements observe the Jewish holidays – societally, ideologically and practically, is quite interesting and enlightening. Learning about what others do and think is instructive in terms of my self-definition and my...
Jan 18, 2023, 5:31 AM
Is outreach only meant to be Jew-ish?
I recently found myself in a room where the statistics of assimilation were being shared with a group of non-Orthodox high school graduates. The numbers were gloomy. They were meant to be dramatic and move the people in the...
Load more
About Me
Rss
Hannah Pollak is a college student pursuing a career in Jewish education. She was born and raised in Chile, South America. Today, she lives in New York, where she is learning Torah and getting a degree at Stern College for Women.
Contact Me
Your Name
Your Email
Subject
Your Message