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Mar 30, 2016, 2:16 PM

I 💙 Israel, but…

I love Israel, but... Recently a fellow blogger posted a thoughtful ditty on being more helpful to Olim, new immigrants to Israel to help them find jobs. The blogger also stirred the pot over issues of binary companies who...

Mar 23, 2016, 3:40 PM

The Children that Don’t Count

Whether the Duggers on U.S. cable tv or some of the Haredim families who have 18 children, most of us have heard of them or seen their Partidge family trailing along down a sidewalk. In the same vain we...

Mar 2, 2016, 12:24 PM

Trumping Americana

It's not fully clear where, how and what is motivating the intense Trump rhetoric. Whether Trump is fueling the pre-election fires with his own sound bites or if it is his spinsters or media just trying to make the...

Feb 8, 2016, 8:02 AM

A Muslim, a Jew and Stones

I know what you're thinking. It's not what you think. It could have been much different. Seasonally, groups of Muslims come to Eilat. Ironically the more religious Jews come at the same time. Like anyone, people come to visit, go...

Jan 18, 2016, 7:21 PM

Silence of Cyberspace

Silence isn't golden, it's just a cover up of noise some do not want or cannot hear. I cannot hear. I am over half deaf. But like Beethoven I hear inside myself deeply. Some cannot stand loud sounds but...

Dec 28, 2015, 1:16 PM

The Lesson of Christmas Past

It's true, I grew up in a Christian home that grandly celebrated Christmas. And although I felt adopted, I wasn't. I lived in a house where every ornament was strategically placed like some kind of highly classified government bomb...

Dec 8, 2015, 11:39 AM

Why I need all eight days of Chanukah

Every Chanukah is a little different and yet the same. This year has started off no different in that something spoke to me, a voice deep inside. The first night as I was preparing the Chanukiah with oil and...

Dec 3, 2015, 8:09 PM

The Paths We Walk and Mark

Everyday, several times a day I walk my dogs. One is part Lab and the other two are Mini Pinchers; two boys and a girl. They have their route. Sometimes we mix it up a bit just to keep...

Nov 22, 2015, 3:44 PM

The New Dirty Word: Immigration

All across Europe and the U.S. leaders and citizens are being confronted with the real possibility of impending immigrants or refugees from Syria and Africa. In light of the Paris attacks just a week ago immigration has become the...

Nov 17, 2015, 10:02 PM

Q: To be or not to be a Jew

This is a question every Jew faces. The struggles within and without are tough. Each person has their own story to tell, to bury, to wrestle with internally and with others. Nevertheless it is a question every Jew is...

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About Me

Israela Avraham is from the US. She is a private doctor specializing in alternative medicine and supplementing her income as a medical massage therapist in four hotels here having previously come from a six figure income. She has been a masorti/conservative rabbi turned Orthodox to make Aliyah.