Rebeca Permuth de Sabbagh, at The Blogs

Rebeca Permuth de Sabbagh

May 4, 2026, 5:57 AM

In 1969, Israel had elected Golda Meir as Prime Minister, at a time when female presence in positions of power was scarce worldwide, and in a region particularly repressive toward women. Ten years later, the United Kingdom would take...

Oct 20, 2025, 9:47 AM

The UseFool Idiots

As the UN continues perfecting the art of being UN-useful, there are another kind of idiots: the UseFools. Yes, those who think they’re useful, yet are merely being fooled into a perverse agenda. The ones that over the past...

Oct 3, 2025, 6:59 PM

The Lucky Ones

Shaarei Binyamin Synagogue in Guatemala City.

I can go back in time, when Yizkor was, second to breaking the fast, one of the most anticipated moments in Yom Kippur. It was the time when those of us who didn’t have a deceased relative were asked...

Jun 29, 2025, 1:32 PM

Exodus inverted

I had never even heard of Larnaca — and now, here I am as a result of a twist of fate, in this Cypriot city whose name eerily translates to the word sarcophagus, unwinding from a war while waiting...

Jun 10, 2025, 3:43 PM

Featured Post

‘Would you rather…?’: Hostages edition

Released hostage Eli Sharabi (with his back to camera) is embraced by his brother Sharon (left) at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, as he reunites with members of his family after 491 days in Hamas captivity, February 8, 2025. Eli Sharabi's wife and two daughters were murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and his brother Yossi was also killed that day. (Haim Tsach/GPO)

Even with all the impossible choiceless choices I puzzled over in childhood, I never thought such sordid dilemmas could be real

Jun 8, 2024, 11:44 PM

Self-Hating Jews: The Modern Day Kapos

I won't be buying Levi's jeans anymore, nor will I be booking a vacation at a Hyatt hotel. As to Ben & Jerry´s, they have been off my groceries list for some time now. As a third generation descendant born...

May 4, 2024, 1:26 PM

“After Saturday, comes Sunday.”

"Jews, go back to Poland!" A Jewish student on television recounts the experience of taking final exams while hearing the calls to exterminate his people outside the classroom. Let us change for a moment the discriminatory slurs against Jews, which...

Mar 13, 2024, 5:27 PM

We will be their voices

"How long will you remain in the United States?" the immigration officer asks us. -"About 4 hours." -"Final destination?" -"Israel." -"Be careful. Avoid going to the south." We leave early. From our hotel in Jerusalem, Waze marks an hour and...

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Attorney at Law in Guatemala, Harvard Law School LLM ´99 (when it was respectable to attend there), Honorary President of the Jewish Community of Guatemala, Activist.

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