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Oct 11, 2019, 11:22 AM

If I could say with certainty what is the biggest thing that I have discovered in my years of exploring Israel advocacy is that it’s messy. But, I remind myself, most messy things point to living. Going to the Butcherie in...

Sep 22, 2018, 2:18 PM

Towels on the Judaica and Dreams

I sit at the desk in my bedroom in what I call my Jewish Corner—the section of my room that contains my certificates from my time living in Israel as an Israel Teaching Fellow and all the Judaica I...

Jun 18, 2018, 12:54 AM

A No Israel Table

Out of everything that I have ever been told in my life, there is but one thing that still never stops being said: Shut up, Taylor. It was said to me by my parents when I interrupted their TV shows as...

Jul 8, 2017, 12:20 AM

IfNotLeave, Puke

I do not know where rotten people come from. I do not know why they exist. But they do. I try very hard not to insult people, having been bullied all my life. Since I work with children, I tell them...

May 30, 2017, 12:19 AM

I Want A Masa Love Story, Part 3 [End]

I turned twenty-eight last month. Life is still the same as when I was twenty-seven, except now my bachelor’s degree is paid off and I continue to get thinner due to working out with a trainer and tracking my...

Mar 16, 2017, 12:26 AM

I Want A Masa Love Story, Part 2

I was never the best Israel advocate…but I met someone through Masa Israel in 2014 who made me see Israel’s full potential. This man made me see Israel differently. Now that the person is no longer in my life—minus...

Feb 15, 2017, 8:29 PM

I Want a Masa Love Story, Part 1

Another Valentine’s Day Singles Awareness Day has passed. With temperatures in Boston being in the twenties, combined with the fact that I had my final session of Boston’s branch of Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ (CJP) Israel Advocacy Training Program, I...

Jan 9, 2017, 11:07 PM

Misery over Milkshakes at Max Brenner

It’s weird to think that I was in Israel this time last year (see my post “Babies Got Me Birthright”). I see pictures on my News Feed of the young adults who are there now on their own Birthright...

Sep 20, 2016, 3:45 PM

Dear Knesset: Don’t Slash Masa Israel’s Funding

Dear Members of the Knesset, I am a 27-year-old American Jew living in Massachusetts. In 2012, I had the extreme honor and privilege to visit Israel for the first time thanks to the gift of Birthright Israel. My Birthrighters, the Israelis,...

Aug 6, 2016, 1:31 AM

An Unwanted Sock

People are a lot like laundry, aren’t they? We come in different colors, sizes and textures. Some of us need special instructions on how to be taken care of. We can be damp, messy or sparkling clean. We have different...

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About Me

Taylor Jade King spent 10 months in Netanya from 2013-2014 as a Masa Israel Teaching Fellow, holds a master's degree in Communication: Public Relations and Advertising from Suffolk University in Boston and spent almost three years working as the Director of Academic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel to New England. She loves her Dunkin' Donuts coffee, Krembo, banana leaf print and 90's nostalgia.