Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

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Apr 22, 2020, 4:55 PM

How the frum community is failing the LGBTQ test

Right now, the religious community is facing a moment of truth, a test -- and failing. We're not telling our kids about homosexuality. At least, we're not telling them the right things. Sometimes, we're not telling them anything at all....

Jan 28, 2020, 1:38 AM

How many babies will die before we fix bris milah?

How many of our sons and grandsons have to die before we stop protecting dangerous mohalim? In ancient Egypt, the Jewish midwives scrambled to save every single baby boy despite Pharaoh’s death sentence. Today, our community is nowhere near...

Aug 22, 2019, 4:56 PM

Proving media bias on settlements: Digital analysis, an academic approach

Few world issues today are as controversial as the Israeli settlements. Many people consider the word “settlements” itself to be controversial – denying the permanence of Jewish existence over a massive area of Israeli land. Even within Israel, there...

Jun 30, 2019, 3:41 PM

Creating the Creators: Conference inspires children’s authors & illustrators

Where do children’s books come from? Creators, of course. Think back to a book you loved as a kid. At some point a creator (or two, if it had both a writer and illustrator) had to haul that book – perhaps...

May 6, 2019, 2:50 PM

Why are young Jews turning away from Israel?

Last summer, high-profile walkoffs from Birthright tours of Israel made headlines in Jewish media and beyond. Look how evil Israel is, the world smugly rushed to pronounce. Even young Jews can't stand their lies anymore. Media reports painted the walkoff...

Jan 3, 2017, 2:06 PM

Modern Researcher Unearths Ancient Prescriptions from the Cairo Genizah

Centuries before the show Hoarders, the Jews of Cairo saved 300,000 manuscript fragments over a nearly 1,000-year period in the geniza, or storeroom, of a synagogue. It turns out that the Cairo Geniza is actually a treasure trove, in...

Nov 1, 2016, 11:12 PM

The rain – how odd

How odd, the rain, that the sky can open up and do such a thing. I’d almost thought it had forgotten how. Living where rain can happen anytime, anywhere, it was simply an annoyance. An outdoor game or hike cancelled,...

Oct 5, 2016, 7:04 PM

Israel’s ‘olim cholim’ undaunted by illness

It’s so common here in Israel that there’s a name for it: olim cholim – sick immigrants, laid low with the many ailments that are rumoured to plague us for our first couple of years here. At first I thought...

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About Me

A journalist, editor, translator and children's writer, Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod made aliyah with her family to the krayot, north of Haifa, in 2013. She's the author of dozens of books for Jewish children and families - click to find out more.