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Aug 18, 2019, 2:59 PM

Girl, you confuse me. You want to come to Israel, oh sorry I mean Palestine. You could have come last week with 40 members of the Democratic Party, but nah, you’re a member the of esteemed “Squad,” so making headlines and...

Jun 19, 2019, 4:38 PM

Dear Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez

Dear Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, It’s me. Again. I really do want to like you, but you make it so damn hard. So let’s speak once again, millennial to millennial. No pretending we’re holier than thou, no trying to one up each other,...

Jun 6, 2019, 1:00 PM

Hazon, what is ‘normal’?

Giant poster hung on a Jerusalem hotel February 13, 2009 by the Hazon movement for a 'Jewish Agenda.' Following complaints, the hotel removed the poster several hours later. The slogan says 'Mother and Father - Family. The courage to live normally.' (Twitter)

To ensure a happy, nurturing, loving family for a child, start with love, and leave the parents' sexual preferences out of it

May 30, 2019, 5:06 PM

This Too Shall Pass

I was just writing a paper about a riot that took place in a highly populated Jewish area of Berlin on November 5, 1923 by Germans. The reasoning for the riot was due to the high inflation in Germany...

Oct 14, 2015, 10:35 AM

She Will Never Be a Mother

Today I was embracing my recently acquired status of "news junkie" and refreshing my Facebook newsfeed, The Jerusalem Post, YNet, and The Times of Israel for any new information in regards to the horrifically tragic recent "wave of terror." As...

Jan 11, 2015, 3:20 PM

Hineni- Je Suis Juif

“Hineni”- “I am here.” I have always found such beauty, depth and poignancy in the simple word Abraham answers God when He calls his name. Regardless of what God was going to ask of him, the test He was going to...

Jul 24, 2014, 5:47 PM

Thank You, Anti-Semites

Dear World, Thank you for finally releasing your anti-Semitic sentiments that you have so patiently tried (and failed) to suppress since November 2012, Israel's last engagement with Gaza. Thank you for reminding me why I moved to Israel, the...

Apr 9, 2014, 8:22 AM

The Land of the Thin

The other day I stumbled upon an article that appeared in the Huffington Post entitled "Stop Making the Thin Girl Ugly." The article me the strength to begin opening a taboo box that I have kept tightly shut for...

Mar 23, 2014, 6:51 PM

#PutDownThePhone

I asked myself a rather philosophical and thought provoking question the other day. I guess you can say it was similar to the sorts of questions Aristotle dealt with back in the day. I asked myself the following: if...

Feb 23, 2014, 2:31 AM

My thigh length modest skirt

I have no problem calling a spade a spade, so here goes. I am a modest Modern-Orthodox woman because I wear skirts that are so tight I tend to walk like a penguin. I am modest because I receive my daily...

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Lottie Kestenbaum was born to British parents and grew up in New Jersey. To add to the identity crisis, Lottie made aliyah in August 2012. Hello tri-citizenship! She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Holocaust Studies at Haifa University and living in Jerusalem. Yes, it is a shlep. No need to mention it :-)

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