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Oct 1, 2024, 11:56 AM
More Tiptoeing into Fun
Tomorrow night, we will come together with friends and family to usher in the holiday season. Israeli children won't be spending a lot of time in school over the next few weeks, so I wanted to offer you some...
Sep 24, 2024, 6:16 PM
Tiptoeing into Fun
It seems that every time we feel like we can exhale, the news leaves us breathless once again. Though we may want to escape to another country for a bit, where to go? This may be the year that...
Mar 14, 2024, 8:57 PM
Cooler Heads Needed
This is the blog piece I never could have imagined writing. For years, decades, I felt personally tortured by the refusal of Haredi communities (the Haredi world is composed of many different communities) to participate in Israel's draft. How could...
Nov 7, 2023, 12:14 AM
What Do We Tell Our Children?
Hi everyone, I hope that you are all well. Many of you continue to check on us. All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. We feel so loved. People keep asking me how we are. I...
Oct 30, 2023, 3:01 PM
Yes, We Worry
Last night I participated in a discussion about the "matzav" (the situation). Aren't euphemisms wonderful? They help us avoid the undeniable truth. In this case, matzav refers to war. Yes, in previous years, when it came to Gaza, we...
Oct 25, 2023, 12:54 PM
Transitioning from the Sprint to the Marathon
I wrote the update below at about 4:00 PM yesterday. I stepped away from my computer for what I thought would be just a few minutes. At 5:00, Hamas launched a barrage of rockets and our sirens wailed. We...
Oct 22, 2023, 2:44 PM
Ayeka – Where are You?
In the Shabbat following the massacre of Jews in Israel, we read the story of Adam and Eve. After eating the forbidden fruit, they attempt to hide in the garden. G-d calls out, "Ayeka?" (Where are you?) G-d knows...
Oct 3, 2023, 6:11 PM
It’s About Family
I am a product of the 1960s/70s Conservative branch of Judaism. My parents set a high standard for Jewish communal involvement, and our synagogue was my second home. Young girls in our community were permitted, even encouraged, to read...
Dec 14, 2021, 10:42 AM
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Minister Liberman, you don’t want us to retrain
We're the ones who dispel visitors' 'apartheid' claims by showing them real Israelis - like hijab-clad women studying with kippa-clad men, in a college cafeteria
May 16, 2018, 1:39 PM
The Imagery Is Real
Before you continue reading, please close your eyes for a minute. Let your shoulders drop. Take a few slow, deep breaths. Uncurl your toes. Relax. Let your body go limp. Now imagine a beautiful place; an agricultural village where...
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Onnie Schiffmiller is a tour guide and the owner of Israel with Love. She made aliyah with her family from New York in 2003.
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