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Oct 11, 2025, 10:52 PM

An open letter that will remain closed: Francesca Albanese at Wits

To my dear alma mater, Wits University, “Struggling to find words" is not an adequate expression nor is "wordless” the correct word to describe how simply… floored I am. For floored, quite literally, is what you have done to your...

Sep 21, 2025, 12:06 AM

A worthy mission, a futile approach

I still don’t get it. I feel bad declaring this – again – but protests need to be reconsidered. At this very moment of typing, a woman’s voice is screeching through a megaphone and shattering my eardrums. Where am I?...

Mar 25, 2025, 3:11 AM

Netanyahu doesn’t care if the protests block our road (he doesn’t really live here)

Israelis clash with police during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, March 23, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Maybe I wouldn't mind detouring up and around hills lugging my groceries to avoid the demonstrators if it seemed like they were accomplishing something

Oct 9, 2024, 1:19 PM

Maybe, just maybe, it’s okay

“I’m in survival mode,” she stated angrily. “We all are.” I was honestly expecting that comment. At this time of year, we are being told collectively and individually to repent, and it feels unrealistic. Are we expected to repent for...

Mar 13, 2024, 11:08 AM

(Not so) proudly South African

Cape Town seen from above in South Africa. (Ben1183/iStock)

My beloved country, we always prayed together for a better future. Why are you abandoning your Jews now?

Jan 30, 2024, 12:40 AM

HUBS AID: Education and Economy Together

"And then we truly understood the extent of the need. Businesses from the north and the south of all sizes and from different sectors, all wanting one thing: to get back to work." The war's impact on the Israeli economy...

Jul 2, 2023, 11:11 PM

Redefining Dignity’s Slippery Slope

the woman hides holding a mirror in front of her face; introspection path concept

It is a dangerous venture to comment on a book one hasn’t read. Flipping through pages – naturally to the sections of interest – cannot provide one with a comprehensive understanding of the author’s argument or presentation. Well, I...

Oct 10, 2022, 9:53 PM

My dear daughter… have things really changed?

When a critique of late 1500s Jewish women's experience can largely be applied to today's 21st century Orthodox Jewish women's experience, we have a problem

May 22, 2022, 11:14 PM

Homeland and Home

"I think you're still a little homesick." On January 12, 2022, I arrived in Israel as a new olah. Returning to the Jewish homeland, we could say. Starting life afresh in the Promised Land – studies, work, living. And crying, wanting...

Mar 20, 2022, 6:58 AM

Persecuted or persecuting?

Purim has always been my least favourite festival as an introvert. It is somewhat just a 24 – 48 hour period of commanded social engagement. But that is relative, and I know many people enjoy it for that very...

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About Me

Raised in South Africa, Tanya holds a BA in Philosophy (cum laude) and an MA in Jewish Studies (cum laude). She works in content writing and education. She is passionate about social impact and nonprofit work.