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Sep 1, 2024, 4:57 AM

The Unspoken Truth

As I sat down to write this piece, I reflected back to the nearly 11 months since October 7th. What has not been written? What has not been expressed? What has not been said over this period of indescribable anguish and pain...

Apr 11, 2023, 4:03 PM

A call for unity in the wake of tragedy

To say the past few months have found Israel divided is putting it lightly. Pesach was a welcome respite after an incredibly tense period. Families across Israel packed their cars for Shabbat and Hol HaMoed vacations across the country, as the...

Mar 16, 2023, 8:30 PM

Our children do not deserve a war of brothers

The thoughts expressed here are my own and not representative of any organization. I have never felt a greater impetus to write than I do now. Yesterday, I along with the entire country, listened to the passionate speech made by President...

Mar 6, 2023, 9:03 AM

Hadassah, Queen of Persia: My Zionist Inspiration

During the month of Adar, we are commanded to increase our joy. Our joy is an intentionality during this month. In an increasingly complex world, sometimes that can be a great challenge. And yet, it is precisely in moments...

Dec 18, 2022, 4:57 PM

Hadassah is Shining the Light This Hanukkah

At our house, well before Hanukkah commences we pull out our dreidels and menorahs and adorn our dining room table with the symbols of the miracle of the eight nights. Recently, I watched as my nine-year-old daughter explained the...

Oct 3, 2022, 9:36 PM

A Re-declaration for Yom Kippur

Author's daughter at the Western Wall. (courtesy)

Kol Nidre is often referred to as a prayer. I myself had always assumed that it was the prayer sung during the beginning of Yom Kippur services. But Kol Nidre is something far more powerful than a prayer. It is a declaration. The...

Aug 3, 2022, 12:54 AM

Hadassah is My Zionism

Holding onto a pale handlebar on the wall next to my hospital bed in the middle of the night in Jerusalem. It is an image that will always live with me. It was the middle of the night. I was all by...

Apr 8, 2022, 7:24 PM

The guy on my Birthright bus

Do you remember that guy on your Birthright bus? I remember mine. I happened to fall in love with mine. Eighteen years after meeting him on my trip, we are blessed with 3 children. Do you remember that guy on your Birthright bus? He...

Jan 27, 2020, 10:23 PM

A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Myself, daughter and late cousin Isaac Klein (z'l) identical twin and survivor of Dr. Mengele. (courtesy)

When I was 16 years old, I had the tremendous opportunity to take part in my first professional summer apprenticeship. There was nothing more exhilarating than being a teenager who got to dress up in “adult clothes”, pack a...

Nov 14, 2019, 12:21 AM

Disconnecting the app: An Israeli in America

A man looks at the damage to a house in Sderot, Israel, after it was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza Strip, November 12 2019. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

So far away from home, we have the privilege of avoiding the minute-by-minute updates on rockets from Gaza, but can we? Should we?

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About Me

Michelle Rojas-Tal is a global speaker, trailblazer and advocate on Zionism, Jewish identity, and Israel engagement. Amongst her current projects, Michelle serves as the Zionist Scholar-in-Residence at Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America.