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Apr 22, 2015, 12:03 PM
Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha’atzmaut 5775: heartbreak and happiness
My eyes are closed, my body is faced towards the East and my heart is heavy with the pain of loss. My mind attempts to process seemingly insurmountable numbers just as it did one week before on Yom HaShoah....
Apr 17, 2015, 12:59 AM
I Am Never Again
You were supposed to be my great uncle And I’m sure you would have been a great one at that Telling me stories as I grew Taking pride in my achievements And I in you But your life was cut short You disappeared from France To...
Mar 23, 2015, 8:46 AM
Holy Fire: Remembering the Sassoon Family
“OK, only around 750 pages left.” Guilty as charged. I’ll admit it: there are a few moments every year in shul during the Yamim Nora’im in which I find myself impatiently glancing at my watch or childishly thumbing through my...
Nov 18, 2014, 5:42 AM
Shabbat with Dalya
I wasn’t fully present this past Shabbat. Sure I was there physically, but all attempts to live in the moment were proven futile as my mind kept reliving a Shabbat experience I had in Tekoa only four months ago. I...
Jul 22, 2014, 5:31 PM
To Yuval Haiman
I’m sitting now at Har Herzl. I’ve been here before; as part of a day tiyul, on Yom HaZikaron. I’ve walked beside these kvarim and strived to connect to the magnitude of the sacrifices made on behalf of the...
Apr 14, 2014, 6:11 AM
Fighting with Faith: The Kansas City tragedy
This Sunday afternoon, tragic news from Overland Park, KS pierced the harried routine of last minute Passover preparations. At around 1 PM, a man in his 70s opened fire in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center and...
Feb 6, 2014, 6:41 PM
Gital’s Chains Unbound
Blessed are You Hashem, King of the Universe, מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים, who sets captives free. I utter the words of this blessing each day without paying much attention to what they actually mean. When I opened my siddur this morning, though, these words came...
Oct 11, 2013, 12:17 AM
The Flag on Bag Conundrum
"You should probably take that off before you go," my parents advised me. They were referencing the relatively large Israeli flag I had recently pinned onto my knapsack which now draped over the bag, cape-style. Although I heard my parents'...
Sep 16, 2013, 12:37 AM
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Sep 13, 2013, 6:33 AM
Come Back
Moshav Band and Yom Kippur's message of inspirAction. 'Come Back' by the Moshav Band has been the theme song to many of my life experiences. Whenever I fly to Israel, I replay it dozens of times. Throughout the flight,...
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