Tania Shalom Michaelian

Writer, story-teller, educator

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Jan 16, 2025, 10:18 PM

Reopening of One Museum with a Message of Unity Is the Galilee’s Comeback Story

Metzudat Koach, Upper Galilee Credit: Zvi Henry Cohen, Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites SPIHS

On the night of May 16, 1948, under the soft glow of the moon, a Palmach infantry brigade moved silently up the hill toward the Nabi Yusha police fortress. It was their third, desperate attempt to capture this strategic...

Aug 14, 2024, 12:17 PM

The Rise and Fall of a Modern Day Temple

The construction of the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, the first secondary school to teach exclusively in Hebrew, was considered by some to be the redemption of the Jewish people from centuries of exile. Yet in many ways,...

Aug 11, 2024, 2:11 PM

Mom, we’re moving on

Credit: Gilad Kingsley

Packing up your shared life has been a healing journey. We’ve confronted ghosts, unraveled mysteries, laughed hysterically, and cried so, so many tears

Dec 8, 2023, 2:42 AM

Praying for Peace in Jerusalem in a Greek Orthodox Church

Last weekend, my husband and I escaped Israel to Athens for a weekend of rest and respite. I say guiltily because our country is bleeding, our soldiers are dying, hundreds of thousands are living like refugees in their own...

Jun 21, 2023, 10:49 AM

Whispers of Exodus: Survivors’ Tales Unveil Clandestine Immigration Saga

Survivors of Buchenwald making their way to the Land of Israel on the "Mataroa"
Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum

How testimonies preserved in the Atlit Detention Camp Information Center tell the incredible story of the Ingathering of the Exiles and a Return to Zion through the voices of survivors. The clandestine immigration (ha'apalah) saga is story of a people...

May 22, 2023, 11:42 AM

Shavuot: First Fruits, Water and Heritage

In 1924, the Bikkurim Festival was first introduced in the Jezreel Valley. The kibbutzim saw their agricultural labor in Eretz Israel imbued with deep historical significance, restoring their bond between the Jewish nation and its ancestral home after being...

Apr 3, 2023, 3:38 PM

3 family-fun hol hamo’ed activities in the Center

You don't need to travel far or spend a fortune to give your family a good time over the vacation days in the middle of Passover, known as Hol HaMo'ed. SPIHS (Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites) is...

Mar 23, 2023, 8:00 PM

Birth of Water Innovation in the Start Up Nation

Residents of early Rehovot posing next to the pool at Minkoff Orchards, 1913. Courtesy: Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.

Zalman Minkoff dreamed of growing oranges in the Land of Israel at the start of the 20th century. Little did he know just how much his method of irrigating his orchards would change the face of agriculture, contribute to...

Mar 17, 2023, 7:14 PM

I’m a writer. That’s what I do for a living. Even at times when I’m tongue-tied and speechless, I am never wordless. I will always find a way to put across what I feel on paper. But for the...

Feb 24, 2023, 10:45 AM

Breaking the walls of tradition in Motza

Beit Yellin

Nearly two centuries ago, Sephardic Ashkenazi families united to build a life for Jews outside the Old City walls

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About Me

Grew up in South Africa. Found a home in Israel. Mom to three adult sabras. Writer on topics that inspire me - history, Israel and social justice. English tutor.

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