Rachel Azaria

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Sep 25, 2022, 3:31 PM

For the sins we commit as groups, especially against other groups

'There should be peace within your borders, serenity in your palaces.' (Facebook)

For thinking that we're always right and the other always wrong... We have allowed our differences to become so identity-defining that they may destroy us

Aug 14, 2014, 2:56 PM

The people on the train

On a NYC subway with her baby, when a man asked her: Are you Israeli?

Jul 29, 2013, 3:46 PM

Religious women of the revolution

The chief rabbi battle was lost, but a radical, female-led change is already well underway in the Zionist religious camp

May 29, 2013, 2:59 PM

How not to draft the ultra-Orthodox

The Peri Committee plan, rooted in blithe ignorance of the Haredi reality, is a recipe for utter failure

Apr 28, 2013, 11:02 AM

An Urgent Need to Balance Parent and Children Vacations

We are celebrating Lag BaOmer today, but instead of collecting wood with the kids and preparing potatoes to roast, we are worried about something else: How will we handle the 2-day vacation that has been imposed on us during...

Apr 6, 2013, 7:56 PM

A heavy threat to our children’s health

With alarming rates of childhood obesity in Israel, government must regulate school lunches and plan towns that let kids move

Mar 17, 2013, 12:38 PM

The best representation for the ultra-Orthodox: none at all

The new government might just be able to save the ultra-Orthodox from their rabbis

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About Me

Rachel Azaria is s social entrepreneur, who served as a Jerusalem deputy mayor and city council woman, and member of the Israeli parliament, currently promoting democracy renewal in Israel.