Shelley Kleiman Trachtenberg, at The Blogs

Oct 2, 2020, 8:04 AM

When my husband and I sat down -- just the two of us -- at our Passover Seder half a year ago, there is no way we imagined we would be sitting alone in our sukkah. At the time,...

Jun 21, 2020, 8:10 PM

Old City Revisited

I had not ventured into the Old City of Jerusalem since my last group of tourists left the country close to four months ago. It seems like a lifetime. Last week I decided to visit my professional playground. Alone....

Jun 5, 2020, 1:08 PM

Ode to New York

It was the city where I was born; the city where I was raised. It was the city where I took my first steps, rode my first bike, learned to skate and went on my first date. It was the city...

About Me

Born and bred on the upper West Side of Manhattan, (the then hub of modern Jewish Orthodoxy), I made Israel my home 38 years ago. Graduate of CCNY (BA) and Harvard University (MA) in English and American Literature, I am a lapsed freelance writer and currently unemployed tour guide/educator waiting oh so very patiently for visitors to return.