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Sasha Factor

Jan 24, 2019, 12:44 PM

This past winter, my husband and I were in for a surprise. After the heavy rain hit, we woke up to our walls and ceilings covered in scary small black circles. Suddenly I smelled something unpleasant. I glanced up...

Nov 30, 2017, 12:00 AM

Don’t Forget to Learn Hebrew

Do you plan on making aliyah anytime soon? Are you wondering which challenge you should prepare for? I was 15-years-old when I made aliyah, so I was anxious about making new friends and conforming to a new school. The pressure...

Apr 23, 2017, 11:59 PM

Would You Change the Past?

One Friday night ago, my cousins' and I played the mind stimulating and entertaining game: "Would you rather". "Would you rather change the past by erasing the Holocaust from history or not change anything at all," my cousin asked me challengingly. After several...

Nov 7, 2016, 7:32 AM

One Large Family

In twelfth grade, I majored in art history. We had to learn 140 paintings and statues for our final, which included pieces that took place in New York City. We learnt about a statue who was presented as a man walking alone...

About Me

Sasha Factor made Aliyah seven years ago with her family. She was in the Na'ale boarding school program for high school, after which she did a year of Sherut Leumi in a gan in Kfar Etsyon. Her family then moved back to the USA for financial and communication reasons. However, Sasha decided to stay and study English Literature at Bar Ilan University.