Sarah Bechor

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Jul 26, 2024, 1:15 AM

Netanyahu’s speech: I am a rock, I am an island

As a child I would sit at the Shabbat dinner table and listen to my mother, my grandmother and sister (who is 10 years younger than me I might add!) discuss politics. I sat there bored wishing we were...

May 22, 2024, 11:05 PM

Why oh why can’t I find a job?

I wanted to name this blog “what is wrong with me?” but it seemed kind of negative (besides, there are many things wrong with me). In any case, spoiler alert: I got a job. It's only been three weeks...

May 14, 2024, 9:46 AM

From darkness to light

When I was 19, while I was in seminary, I went to Poland for 10 days. This trip included 3 major anniversaries: Sarah Schenirer’s yahrzeit, Elimelech of Lizhensk’s yahrzeit, and the Siyum Hashas. The Siyum Hashas was very special...

Jul 3, 2023, 1:08 PM

The push and pull of raising kids!

So, the funny thing about kids is we work so hard to get them and then we work so hard to "get rid of them". Before you throw rocks at me or judge me, hear me out. In the conventional...

Apr 17, 2023, 9:41 PM

A survivor’s story that’s never been told

My savta a"h was a survivor and only told her story when Steven Spielberg gave her the opportunity in 1995 with his famous Holocaust Interview Project. Because most of my cousins do not have access to media and they...

Mar 21, 2023, 2:25 PM

It’s never Dayeinu

*All names have been changed due to privacy. Most people, at this stage in the Jewish calendar, are making lists. Lists for shopping, Seder activities for the kids, Chol Hamoad trips, menus, cleaning tasks for the home, guests to...

Nov 22, 2022, 11:09 AM

Are Orthodox women oppressed like Iranian woman?

Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, was arrested on September 15th. She was 22 years old and detained in Tehran while on vacation for not fully covering her hair. Let me make that clear- she was covering her hair but...

Jun 27, 2022, 12:11 AM

Roe v. Wade – The Truth v. My Truth

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When it comes to abortion, Torah says no. Law says no. Truth says no. But the truth I feel in my heart says it's nuanced

Apr 20, 2022, 4:03 AM

The Rebee and My Sister Talya

I know it's been a few days, or more, since the Rebee’s would-have-been-120th birthday. The truth is, I wanted to write this for a while but I haven't had the time…but Pesach is the best time for this story! So. Just 8...

Apr 10, 2022, 6:10 AM

A True Friendship Between a Muslim and Jew

I met Ranya Abu Sha’ban a few years back. I was told that out of all of United Hatzalah’s 6000+ volunteers, she was the only woman Muslim medic who spoke English. And she still is. Our friendship began when I asked her...

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About Me

Sarah Bechor is a freelance writer in addition to her full-time job as a content writer. She made Aliyah in 2007 and now lives with her husband and 4 children in Gush Etzion.