Judy Freedman

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Jan 2, 2019, 7:19 PM

Jewish Home Is Where the Heart Is

I’ve always enjoyed elections. This will be my 14th time voting, and there is still a little twinge of democratic pride as I slide my chosen slip of paper into the envelope and ‘mail’ it into the ballot box....

Dec 26, 2018, 10:59 PM

Former defense minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, on December 22, 2017. (Flash90)

What makes you think you have something to contribute in your golden days that others, 30 years younger, cannot do better?

Jun 10, 2018, 12:57 AM

50 shades of black

“There is no legal way of stopping them,” sighed David Pavilion, commander of the Tel Aviv police sector. “They aren’t asking for an entertainment platform, they want the roads closed for only two hours on a Friday morning, they...

May 3, 2018, 11:23 PM

If you Google the word “Rav” in Hebrew, you will be offered 7,780,000 results, the most common being a reference to rav meaning rabbi, the Rav-Kav which is literally translated to ‘multi-line’, and to a cinema chain named Rav...

Apr 24, 2018, 9:46 AM

I love Israeli television. At this time of the year I can watch it for hours. I don’t mean the programs, they prompt me to make a cup of tea or fill the dishwasher. And definitely not the news....

Apr 17, 2018, 4:12 PM

Festival of Freedman

A plate of gefilte fish (CC-BY-SA Ovedc/Wikimedia Commons)

Those who bear the most popular European last name in Israel are the proud butt of gefilte fish jokes

Mar 18, 2018, 10:27 PM

Modern Orthodox woman with head covering (illustrative, via iStock)

Each woman has her own path; most are making a statement: 'I am observant and proud of it'

Mar 8, 2018, 9:32 PM

Scenes from a Yosh ‘Settlers’ wedding.

Gun-toting and hate-spouting, with long payot (sidelocks) bouncing, youths sing murderous songs and leap together in a frenzy. Sorry everyone, but if that’s what you think our weddings are like, you are going to be disappointed. Except for the bouncing...

Feb 25, 2018, 3:48 PM

Scenes from a teacher-parent conference

The time - 3.00 A.M. The place - a back alley in south Tel Aviv. Girding his incredible strength, Rav-Pakad (Superintendent) Tomer Levi kicked the locked door with his iron tipped boot. With his second blow, the door yielded, and...

Feb 19, 2018, 1:57 PM

Grandparents teaching English: The TINGLE Effect

Illustrative. (iStock)

The 10 rules of my program, TINGLE: The Israeli Next Generation Learns English, and why it's worth doing

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About Me

Judy was born in England, but studied in the Hebrew University, after which, she taught English and worked as a translator. She was raised in Bnei Akiva, and has seven children, all of whom served in IDF and are married. She is one of the founding families of Hashmonaim, a village near Modiin, and has strong views on our rights in the Land of Israel, religious presence in the Land and our obligation to serve the country.