Ramona Tausz

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Aug 16, 2015, 10:22 AM

Six things I will miss most about Jerusalem

In less than a week, my 10-week stay in Israel will be at an end and I will be back in the United States, with a nearly-full journal of scribbled memories and a few hundred pictures to remind me...

Jul 30, 2015, 1:01 PM

The Idiot’s Guide to Hebrish at The Times of Israel

As a non-Hebrew-speaking Ops & Blogs intern at The Times of Israel, I stumble upon a plethora of concepts foreign to my English-tuned ears every day in our varied and fascinating assortment of blog submissions. It’s all part of...

Jul 22, 2015, 2:20 PM

Jerusalem’s ‘ugly’ golden dome

Can the sheer beauty of the city's most visible icon show us the way to transcend our deepest divisions?

Jul 19, 2015, 3:18 PM

The faces of Jerusalem

The bald bus driver who winks at me each time I climb aboard his bus, the red-haired cashier at the grocery store down the street, the black-eyed waitress who smiles shyly and remembers my “usual” large cappuccino, the spindly-legged...

Jul 13, 2015, 8:12 PM

I went to church on Sunday

As an American Christian visiting the Mideast, she doesn't take a routine act of worship for granted

Jul 5, 2015, 8:10 PM

A visit to the Kotel

I find a white plastic chair halfway along the tiled floor of the women’s section and sink into it, crossing my fingers that I don’t inadvertently exude too many telltale signs of my tourist-from-America status. Forcing the rumble of...

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About Me

Ramona Tausz is visiting Israel for the first time, spending the summer as an Ops & Blogs Intern at Times of Israel. She attends Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.