Orit Dagan

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Aug 2, 2023, 5:45 AM

Sourdough Starter – How Sweet It Is

In The Beginning I don't know how many of you have any experience with sourdough and sourdough starter, made from scratch. You can be certain, I never, in my entire life, knew anyone who even talked about it, except for...

Dec 27, 2022, 8:31 PM

The Big Return – That Moment of Truth

In the Beginning I'm a third generation Israeli and was born November 21, 1961 in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, to Chanan and Rivka Presser in Tzahalon, a hospital that was more commonly called "Dajani." We lived in Bat Yam, at 25...

Nov 28, 2018, 3:53 PM

An Accidental Memory

Two days ago, my phone rang. This is no longer a common thing, as people today mostly text. The call was from my sister, who rarely phones, not even for my birthday or holidays. She told me that she...

Apr 11, 2018, 7:39 AM

My Email Account Was Used by a Stranger

Like many, I, too, have multiple Email accounts. My secondary account, which I use to register for non-essential accounts like Facebook, etc., is rarely used. One day, after a long while, I checked that secondary Email account, which doesn't even...

Aug 2, 2017, 9:41 PM

Once upon a time there was no Google

To the tune of "Once Upon A Time There Was A Tavern" Once upon a time there was no Google; When you used a dictionary; Encyclopedias were very handy; And memory was all in your head; Chorus: Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd...

Oct 14, 2016, 5:48 PM

A Blessing in Disguise — Out of the Public Eye

TIME TO FILL SOME PRESCRIPTIONS I went yesterday, rushing between Yom Tov and Shabbat, to my HMO pharmacy, since the large Super-Pharm chain doesn't and never has carried one of my prescriptions that I need to take every single day. I...

May 31, 2016, 3:21 PM

Confessions of a Returning Israeli*

Emigration Back in the 1960's, especially after the six-day war in 1967, many Israelis left Israel, due to a very severe economic depression. In those days, nobody dared criticize the Jewish homeland and they all left for "just a couple...

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Orit Dagan was born in Israel and raised in New York. After twenty-four years of life in the USA, she returned to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. She studied and mastered natural health, is an artist and a musician.

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