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Rosally Saltsman

Sep 30, 2025, 7:46 PM

Succoth is a special time of year. Families leave their homes and joyfully go live in their small succahs, discovering in the process how little they need to be truly happy. Every family finds a way to imprint their...

Sep 8, 2024, 5:50 PM

See No Evil

I love Elphaba and Maleficent. I love how Hollywood and Broadway took two evil characters and gave them a backstory to make them not only sympathetic but heroines. We now understand their angst and their journey and how they...

Jul 27, 2023, 11:04 AM

The Principle of the Thing (Tisha B’Av)

Because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Jerusalem was destroyed. The story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza is a narrative with many many actors. All of whom, in their own way, contributed to the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile...

Sep 4, 2019, 7:30 PM

The Happiest Place on Earth

The happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, though I would definitely put Disneyland in the top five. No, I'm convinced that the happiest place on earth is the arrivals hall of Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport. Everyone is...

Jan 7, 2016, 9:03 PM

Seinfelds’ Friends’ Big Bang Theory

Whether art imitates life or life imitates art is a moot point. But there's no denying that when it comes to television and its hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide, not to mention the millions more on Youtube, the...

About Me

Rosally Saltsman, originally from Montreal, lives in Israel. Her books include Finding the Right Words, Parenting by the Book, Soul Journey and A Portion of Kindness.