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Lea Wohl-Segal

Sep 25, 2024, 9:07 PM

My daughter, are you crying or laughing?

As we approach the High Holidays, we all are wondering how to set the right tone and respond appropriately to the devastation, loss and limbo Israel and the Jewish world have experienced over the past year. A modern Israeli song...

Oct 7, 2020, 8:03 PM

A Letter From Home

After my military service in the IDF, I worked as a flight attendant. I enjoyed working with good people, visit interesting places and physically feel how open and close the world really is. I didn't like to wear makeup,...

Mar 25, 2020, 1:46 PM

If Not Now

Kabbalat Shabbat at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, Summer 2019. (courtesy)

A long-time Jewish educator in Israel and the US, including many summers at Ramah, the camping arm of the Conservative Movement, I find myself more and more occupied with the growing distance between the Jewish world and Israel. The...

About Me

Born and raised in Tel Aviv and having served in the IDF as an officer, Lea Wohl-Segal is a graduate of the Schechter Institute’s Jewish Educational Leadership track and an educator specializing in experiential education in the Diaspora, connecting youth and adults all over the world to the Hebrew language and Israeli culture. She spent many summers directing Hebrew programs at Ramah camps. Lea currently teaches at Beit Zvi, School of the Performing Arts and is completing a PhD in Hebrew literature at the University of Haifa.