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Dec 26, 2014, 2:00 PM

Why “The Mensch on a Bench” is Bad for (American) Judaism

One of my favorite memories of Hanukkah in Israel happened several months after I began my studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem some seven-and-a-half years ago. While riding the public bus from my dormitory in East Jerusalem to...

Nov 20, 2014, 6:33 PM

We Aren’t Crying Wolf

In the days and weeks leading up to the major terror attack at the Jerusalem Kehilat Yaakov synagogue, Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, and Economic Minister Naftali Bennett, voiced over and over again...

Nov 13, 2014, 10:24 PM

Abbas and Fatah Show Their True Colors…In Arabic

For years it has been known by many within Israeli society that there is a great disparity between what the Palestinian leadership headed by Mahmoud Abbas says in English to the Western World and what they say to the...

Jul 1, 2014, 3:14 PM

From One Rachel to Another

The entire worldwide Jewish community and many supporters of Israel are now grieving the deaths of Gilad, Naftali, and Eyal. Every person who followed the news the past two-and-a-half weeks felt as if they knew these wonderful boys and...

May 23, 2014, 10:45 AM

Why There is No Palestine

After 9 months of intensive talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, John Kerry found out for himself that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not as simple as he might have thought. For those unfamiliar with the history of the...

Dec 31, 2013, 1:18 PM

Lone, but not alone

I glanced over to my right at my friend Ari who was sleeping soundly. I took in a deep breath, a bundle of nerves and excitement. I would not sleep the whole 10 hours of the flight from New...

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About Me

Rachel Ashkenazi is a Senior Business Development Professional at GigaSpaces Technologies. She is passionate about painting, new technologies, Israel and writing. Rachel has lived in Israel the past 7.5 years and is the author of the popular blog "The Story of a Lone Immigrant."