Nurit Gil, at The Blogs

Nov 2, 2024, 3:33 PM

A friend shared this cartoon captioned “war feels like it sometimes,” and it fit me like a glove. Lately, “cooking for my people” has been my anchor. Though the war has stretched over a year, the shock at first...

Dec 31, 2023, 5:38 PM

It’s New Year’s Eve. And there’s no celebration

Despite my deep love and pride for this country, this season always tugs at my heart. It stirs memories of how it used to be in Brazil – opting for an early night on December 31st instead of joining...

Oct 30, 2023, 6:17 PM

Hey, Jew who remains silent, how’s your conscience?

Hey, Jew who hasn't spoken out in recent weeks, how's your conscience? Fine, probably. You feel you're on the side of love and can move around freely within your "intellectual" environment without suffering any social scratches. After all, you're...

Jun 27, 2023, 6:17 PM

Could you please pass the feijón?

When I was a kid, I used to find my grandfather funny at Sunday lunches: " Could you please pass the feijón*? He had already left Yugoslavia some forty years ago and spent most of his life in Brazil, but he...

Sep 20, 2021, 11:58 PM

Of course you can be born yet again

There are few things in this world as pleasurable as our softener-scented comforter on a Thursday night. And there's the comfort of the surefire Sunday program options, the list of brands of laundry detergent, and living a few blocks...

Apr 13, 2021, 12:20 PM

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The adventure tales, the warm milk and our dreams

Dream big. But never forget: We are Jews with all our hearts. You are descendants of heroes. Tell your children.

Jan 11, 2021, 6:04 PM

7 curiosities about Brazilians that every Israeli should know

Brazil is a cultural melting pot. There is the amazing brunette who inhabits your imagination as well as the German colony in southern Brazil who eats Knöpfle and speaks Hunsrückisch. There are Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Korean communities. Caboclo, cafuzo,...

Aug 2, 2020, 7:44 PM

How to deconstruct a successful career

Under the Tuscan Sun | Picture: press photo

What do you imagine when you hear "successful career"? I used to picture myself as an executive in a suit, returning home at 6 p.m., with the resourcefulness of who was on top of everything. It appeared for the...

Jun 16, 2020, 2:44 PM

The lawyer who teaches soccer

The physiotherapist who works in the pharmacy, the executive who babysits children, the lawyer who teaches soccer. You leave your country behind believing that you took into account a broad range of possibilities. You saved some money, prepared your children,...

Feb 26, 2020, 3:18 PM

I am two and a half years old

Two and a half years. When I was this age, I would receive strawberries if I said "hungry", affection if I shouted "pacifier" and would be effusively greeted if, just in time, I exclaimed "pee". Thirty-seven years later, I am two...

About Me

Nurit Masijah Gil is a Brazilian-Israeli writer with nearly 100 chronicles published in Portuguese in both countries. In 2014, she launched her book titled "Little Ms. Perfect," in which she tells about her tragicomic wife-and-mom life. In 2017, she moved to Israel with her family. In 2019, she changed her busy suburban life as a content writer at a startup company, in Israel's central region, for a peaceful life at her own oasis at the Arava desert -- a 1,000-member ishuv -- where she has crowned her aliyah.

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