The Matriarchs Return to Life (5 Stunning Paintings)
This past Friday, I was wandering around Tsfat’s Artist Quarter when I happened upon the gallery of artist Miriam Mehadipur. I was totally blown away by Mehadipur’s vivid and gorgeous paintings of Jewish women of the Bible, which I’ve shared below. Something nice occurred to me after I left Miriam’s gallery. Miriam Mehadipur is herself [...]
Read MoreThe Most Awesome Movie EVER MADE about Israel with Tal Ben Shahar
Wow, this newly-released video entitled “Inside Israel” is something very, very special. Best-selling author and professor Tal Ben Shahar, who is famous for having taught the most popular course at Harvard on Positive Psychology, decided a few years back to leave behind his stellar career success in the US in order to move back to [...]
Read MoreHow My Parents Met in Dachau by Rabbi Yosef Wallis
Rabbi Yosef Wallis is the director of Arachim. He told Project Witness the following story about his father, Judah Wallis, who was born and raised in Pavenitz, Poland. Thanks so much to Rabbi Stephen Baars for sending me this powerful story. Rabbi Wallis told Project Witness: While he was in Dachau, a Jew who was [...]
Read MoreThe Case Against Kids
I’m a huge New Yorker fan (my parents bring me a big stack of back issues every time they visit, so I am always a few months or even years behind) but I don’t think anything I’ve ever read in the New Yorker has ever made me cry, let alone enabled me to enjoy one [...]
Read MoreOur Lag Baomer Riot
For years and years, I have yearned to be in Meron for Lag Baomer. But it never worked out for 1001 reasons, until this year, when the post-high school program my husband directs organized a Lag Baomer trip to Meron. In order to add to their experience of the holiday, my husband organized a 5-hour [...]
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