Leviah Landau

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Nov 30, 2017, 11:28 PM

The Melody of Memory

By invitation of my friend Christiane last spring, I had a rare opportunity to go to a musical production in Yiddish called "The Yiddische Mamme” in Netanya. It was only last night that I discovered this treasure of a draft...

Mar 17, 2016, 11:38 PM

“The Beauty Awakens” in Israel

In 1998, the book, Beauty Bites Beast, was published and added to the illustrious shelves of the “gender literary ghetto,” as the author Ellen Snortland phrases it, the genre of nonfiction literature on women’s issues and gender that rarely...

Feb 28, 2016, 12:52 PM

When Self-Defense Fails

In January, Dafna Meir was murdered outside her home in Otniel, with three of her children inside. Her death was another painful stab to the hearts of many Israelis grappling with the mounting losses of a seemingly never-ending conflict...

Jun 29, 2015, 10:00 PM

Embodied Healing for Trauma Survivors

It has only been about 20 years since a consensus was made regarding the biological alterations stress and trauma induce on the body. For over a century before that, psychiatrists had been noting visible abnormalities of extrapyramidal motor responses...

Jun 2, 2015, 3:04 PM

The Hot Topic of Keeping Kids Safe

Summer training in martial arts and self-defense empowers children and keeps them giggling

Apr 30, 2015, 3:34 PM

Empowering girls to exit the gray zone

A Jerusalem-based NGO is proving the verbal, physical and emotional tools to stand up for themselves

Mar 23, 2015, 1:20 PM

To the Heart of International Women’s Day

On March 8th, the world celebrated International Women’s Day. Thousands of posts, tweets and hashtagged voices called out for women; to end the violence and oppression against them, to celebrate their uniqueness and beauty, and to rally communities to...

Mar 1, 2015, 4:26 PM

A Special Need for Martial Arts

“Special Needs” is a vague term. At El HaLev, We classify it as anyone who struggles with an on-going emotional, mental or physical challenge that impairs their ability to live a regular life. In Israel, individuals with special needs...

Jan 30, 2015, 1:49 PM

“Dynamic Therapy” and a vision for the future

Sam is a mother of five, a black belt Tae Kwon Do martial artist, an American olah, and a survivor of domestic violence. On Sunday morning, she walked through the doors of Yad Sarah’s Jewish Family Center, with a...

Dec 21, 2014, 3:34 PM

Finding My Voice and Strength Through IMPACT

I knew for a long time that I should take a self-defense course. My mother drilled into my brothers and I as children, what to do if someone tried to hurt us. Scream as loud as you can, run...

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About Me

Leviah Landau is an aspiring optimist, new parent, and "olah" from the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder Lashal Memoirs and works as a personal and family historian creating "life portraits" in prose for clients. Her first privately commissioned book is soon to be printed. www.lashalmemoirs.com