Sara Jacobovici

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May 1, 2025, 1:39 PM

Mind/Body connection during political challenges.

Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay

Our מצב, the situation we still find ourselves in, continues to challenge every aspect of our being. For us to cope, it is unrealistic to try to do so with all aspects of our being at the same time....

Apr 7, 2025, 9:58 AM

Meaning and Purpose in Time of Crisis

Image by victorrdyrnes from PixabayMany of us are about to sit down at our Seder table to retell the story of one of our nation’s most meaningful events; coming out of bondage and becoming a free people. This story...

Jan 8, 2025, 10:45 PM

Communal fatigue

Living according to an attitude of אין ברירה, no choice, has been a choice made by Israelis throughout our history. So much so, when my father, z"l, was asked by Canadian colleagues who knew my father had served in...

Dec 17, 2024, 6:47 PM

John Lennon versus Rabbi Kook

We have heard how it was “in the beginning”; G-d created Heaven and Earth and then He went on to separate. He separated light from dark, night from day, water from dry land, male from female, and many languages...

Jul 3, 2016, 9:56 AM

Must be compassion fatigue

Here are 10 ways to boost your own ability to handle the barrage of bad news, and 10 ways to help your kids cope too

Jun 26, 2016, 2:49 PM

National Aliyah Day is redundant

Up to now my “only in Israel” contributions were made to the Facebook group of the same name describing experiences such as the following: Only in Israel... I am sitting on a patch of beach in Tel Aviv with a...

Mar 30, 2016, 1:32 PM

To Honor the Father

On November 18, 2015, I wrote a blog to honor my mother in life. She turned 96 this past November (to 120). Today is the 20th urtzeit of my father (Z”L), Joseph Jacobovici. Today, I write to honor his...

Nov 16, 2015, 6:27 PM

Art and Technology in Traumatic Times

Art: What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter or his ears if he is a musician? ...On the contrary, he is at the same time a political being,...

Oct 13, 2015, 12:03 PM

Reality – which one?

My soon to be 96 year old mother (ad 120) is struggling with fears related to post traumatic stress and it's disturbing her sleep, moving from one state of consciousness to another; from dream (nightmare) state to alert. Today,...

Oct 3, 2015, 11:20 PM

We Are Still at War – what do we do now?

I am writing in response to the murder of Eitam and Na'ama Henkin in front of their four children, the two men who were murdered and the wife of one of the men who is in serious condition and their two-year-old baby...

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About Me

Sara Jacobovici was born in Israel, grew up in Canada, and made Aliya in 2009. She lives and works in Ra'anana as a Creative Arts Psychotherapist.

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