Sally Abrams, at The Blogs

Jun 19, 2024, 6:44 AM

As seen at Hostage Square, "Waiting for you"
Photo: Courtesy

If you visit Israel these days people may ask, “Why now, of all times, in the midst of a war?” Visiting Israel requires a hunger to be there, to believe that love means showing up. That's why I came to...

Mar 18, 2024, 7:29 AM

October 7 and a renewed sense of ‘we’

If Jews had forgotten that Am Yisrael is one people, no matter where we live, October 7 and its aftermath have reminded us. We are witnessing an outpouring of Diaspora solidarity with Israel the likes of which we haven't experienced...

Aug 7, 2023, 7:21 AM

A memory made of flour, sugar, chocolate, and love

“Would you like to come over and bake with me?” I asked my granddaughter. Just home from camp, and with a budding interest in learning her way around the kitchen, I thought a morning spent baking would be enjoyable...

May 20, 2023, 1:30 PM

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2022: This year’s indispensable voices on Israel and the Jewish people

With so much excellent content out there, I limited my list to those whose insights in the years' stories gave me a burst of inspiration or a jolt of uncertainty

Sep 20, 2022, 9:17 PM

We never know what lies ahead: An Elul reflection

The light of late summer in Minnesota tells me where we are on the Jewish calendar. More than crunching acorns on the ground, more than the early morning chill, those slanted, golden rays are the surest sign the High...

May 4, 2022, 11:57 PM

A Grandparent’s Prayer on Yom HaAtzmaut

For years, when visiting Israel, I have spoken to Israeli students about Jewish life in the Diaspora. I would usually conclude by holding up a coin. “The Jewish people, those who live in Israel and those who live outside...

Apr 5, 2022, 3:25 PM

Here, the journey ends. Here, we build a home.

Immigrant stories are particular in their details but universal in their hardships. That thought preoccupied me as I watched "1883", a ten-episode series streaming on Paramount Plus. It’s the fictional chronicle of a wagon train of German and Slavic...

Dec 30, 2021, 7:58 AM

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2021: The Jewish leading lights who helped me tell our story this year

9 writers, podcasters, and scholars whose insight and analysis challenged, enlightened, inspired, and sustained me on the days I needed it the most

Nov 29, 2021, 7:47 AM

My wondrous, last-minute trip to Israel now feels a little bit miraculous to me

When all the signs indicated that Israel would reopen her doors to tourists on November 1, 2021, I bought a plane ticket for mid-November. Nearly three years had passed since I’d seen my Israeli loved ones, since I’d spent...

About Me

Sally Abrams is Director of Judaism and Israel Education at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. She has taught thousands about Israel and/or Judaism in churches, classrooms, civic groups, and Jewish communal settings.

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