Malynnda Littky-Porath, at The Blogs

Malynnda Littky-Porath

Feb 2, 2026, 8:16 AM

I feel like there’s a certain value in being born Jewish. Belonging isn’t a question and your loyalty is almost always unearned but copious. When you’re born into an ethnic group, especially a minority group, you cling to the...

Jan 11, 2021, 6:12 PM

Respect the elderly, but card them first

One of the worst things about the pandemic is that a trip to Max Stock, the Israeli equivalent of the dollar store, has taken on the glow formally held by Ikea. Once you enter, every item you come across...

Sep 17, 2020, 1:36 PM

Is Israeli efficiency more deadly than Covid-19?

I should have been on guard when my psychiatrist questioned whether or not I should be in quarantine. Unfortunately, because I had just told him that my daughter had tested positive not two hours before, I thought he was...

Jun 2, 2020, 5:42 PM

Dying for Black solidarity

I have a lot of plans for the rest of my week, before the second wave of COVID-19 traps me at home again. Attending the rally next to the Tel Aviv Consulate supporting “Black Lives Matter/Burn Shit to the...

Apr 2, 2020, 10:52 AM

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COVID-19 is my Flat Earth conspiracy

A woman wears a mask to protect her from the Coronavirus in Ramla, March 16, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Overnight, we've gone from a policy of hard-line isolation, handwashing, and distancing to masks we wouldn't need if we followed those guidelines to begin with

Dec 20, 2019, 11:34 AM

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Trump impeachment lost Democrats a Michigan voter

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)

The US Congress should be doing its job of helping govern the country; instead it has spent months on something with a foregone conclusion

Mar 20, 2019, 12:07 PM

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My birthday in quarantine

I've been ordered to stay home and wait to learn whether this cough is more than just that

Nov 8, 2018, 2:11 PM

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Dan Ariely walks into a bar

He was here? Could he really be? I started jumping up down like a groupie -- which, I guess, I am

Oct 25, 2018, 2:55 PM

SafeBlocks builds first smart contract firewall

SafeBlocks has developed the first decentralized application firewall (DAF) to protect blockchain smart contracts from value attacks and unauthorized transactions. This security solution comes as the blockchain industry grows beyond mere cryptocurrency speculation to embrace a wide range of...

Aug 12, 2018, 1:48 PM

Does Gwyneth Paltrow eat jade eggs for breakfast?

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book Ball at Rockefeller Center on Thursday, April 18, 2013 in New York. People magazine has named Paltrow as the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013. (photo credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Either way, there's no hope for humanity

About Me

Malynnda Littky made aliyah to Israel with her family in 2007 from Oak Park, Michigan. Her recent stay in Paris, enjoying both medical tourism and her new status as the trophy wife of a research economist, has renewed her love for Israel, despite arriving just in time to enjoy several weeks of lockdown.