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Apr 26, 2023, 1:55 AM
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The Israel I know
Netanya beach. (Talya A. Woolf)
The people I meet along the way support this land, our land of soil, sand and gravel; blood and tears; and milk and honey
Apr 10, 2023, 11:40 PM
The Certainty of Being Jewish
Yesterday I came home to Efrat with my family. We had been on a wonderful tiyul (trip) in Haifa with my Russian cousins, one of whom was in town with his daughter from Belgium. We had gone to Park...
May 4, 2022, 1:41 PM
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74 reasons to love Israel
Illustrative. A Tel Aviv beach during the summer, with an Israeli flag. (iStock)
From Yom Kippur bike-riding to sea turtles, the meditative power of the Negev and good-looking men, Krembos, hummus, wine, and how simply everyone helps everyone else
May 18, 2021, 2:08 PM
The reason for the (rocket) season
The other night, our siren went off, indicating that there were incoming rockets to Netanya, where we live. My first response, on my way to the kids' room, was an expletive. The rockets, this time, were coming in from...
Apr 14, 2021, 10:03 PM
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73 reasons to love Israel
Photo credit: iStock.
Lightning-speed vaccination, random acts of kindness, and 7 ways to eat a Krembo – just some of the wonders that make this place thrilling
Sep 7, 2020, 8:51 PM
Aliyah: Five Years an Israeli
At the end of June, about nine weeks ago, I hit the five year mark. That is, five years ago, my husband, my 17-month old, and I boarded an airplane from New Jersey to Tel Aviv. A lot has...
Apr 29, 2020, 5:17 PM
72 Reasons I Love Israel
72. Let's start with one of the best Israeli stories ever: A couple from Ashdod took their daughter to Jerusalem for a Bat Mitzvah night at the Kotel and then sat together in a little Cafe in the old...
Jul 7, 2019, 11:08 AM
Women of Israel: Then…
The first of a three-part piece inspired by Yom HaAtzmaut 2019. Israel has come a long way in supporting women's roles in the military, law, science, and elsewhere. There are dozens of names of women throughout the 1950s and...
Jun 25, 2019, 4:03 PM
Aliyah: Four Years an Israeli
It's been exactly four years since we packed up our lives and moved to Israel. Four years since I became an expat; four years since I last called Michigan my home. Four years since I could stop thinking about...
Jun 16, 2019, 3:25 PM
Olim: Bullies’ favorite target
Olim go through a lot in their quest to move to Israel. Selling a home, packing up lives, discarding unnecessary things like furniture, minimizing stuff, transferring jobs (or giving them up completely), learning a new language, finding schools for...
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About Me
Talya Woolf is a seven-year Olah with four spirited children and an amazing husband. She is a writer, American-licensed attorney, handgun instructor, amateur photographer, and artist. She is politically confusing, Modern Orthodox (though doesn't dress the part), and ardent Zionist (ZFB). She enjoys spending time with family, friends, running, photography, and reading about highly contagious diseases and WWII.
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