Irene Rabinowitz, at The Blogs

Mar 22, 2023, 12:23 PM

“You, who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by” Graham Nash We see them everywhere. Children in parks, in strollers, being carried, and being loved. In my shul in Jerusalem, filled with young families, kids are...

May 1, 2022, 12:34 PM

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Dawn’s child at 74

Illustrative. A child holds up a KKL-JNF blue box to collect donations in this undated photo. The blue box was one of the first ways to raise money for the fledgling KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund and was common in many Jewish homes. (courtesy, KKL-JNF, via The Times of Israel)

The Jewish state and I were born in the same year, but regardless of my focus on the news from Israel, it was not a given that I would make aliyah - until I did

Mar 28, 2022, 2:47 PM

Wandering in a political wilderness with no manna in sight

Likud was my political home. Even before aliyah, I felt a connection in a way I no longer felt for either of the political parties back in the United States. My first vote as an Israeli citizen was for...

Feb 16, 2021, 10:44 AM

Remembrances of Viruses Past Redux

When I first started to pray for a vaccine, it was after seeing a young woman, dying, make peace with her parents. Another time, there was an outbreak in a senior citizen retirement community in Florida with several residents...

Jul 27, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Anarchy is not activism

Israel is a messy democracy, it's true, but it surely is not a fascist state or even this platform with its various ideas would be shut down

Apr 5, 2020, 3:52 PM

Chesed, Up Close and Personal In Jerusalem

Every day my email box is flooded with requests for donations from worthy organizations. Some are involved in providing assistance to those impacted by this pandemic; some are using the opportunity to raise funds for causes totally unrelated to...

Mar 11, 2020, 11:04 AM

Remembrance of Viruses Past

With a nod of appreciation to Proust, I allowed my memory to drift back to the 1980s when a new virus appeared. Some events in life stoke an aroma, some stoke the pain and struggle. An article in 1981 in...

Jul 16, 2019, 10:28 AM

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My Gay Left Hand

I cried when I read of Peretz's support for conversion therapy: Whether gay or left-handed, this is simply how we were born

Oct 15, 2018, 3:35 PM

What Will You Do To Save Lives?

It is not that I am unfamiliar with death. My father died when I was young and my career path included working with men and women living and dying with AIDS and cancer. I am very familiar with death...

Aug 3, 2018, 1:16 PM

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Pride in Jerusalem

People gather for the annual Pride Parade in Jerusalem on August 2, 2018. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel)

In a city known for its conflicts, 30,000 people marching in peace are a blessing

About Me

Irene Rabinowitz made aliyah in 2014 and lives in Jerusalem. Prior to making aliyah, she lived in a small odd town at the tip of Cape Cod for 28 years. She lived in New York City for 16 years as a young adult (or old child), but is a Rhode Islander by birth. Irene has served as a local elected official and retired from a long career in non-profit management at the end of 2013, after serving as the Executive Director of Helping Our Women for 18 years. She has worked at the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance and retired in 2020 from her position as the Resource Development Manager at the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center. She recently retired from her position as a Consultant at Landman Strategic Fundraising. Pro cycling fan. T1D.

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