To Covet or Not To Covet
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A FEW DAYS BEFORE Shavuot some years back, I got an intriguing invitation from Rabbi Zalman at Chabad, who was putting together a Tikkun Leil (special evening service) for the […]
Continue readingMay 26, 2023
May 12, 2023
A Motherless Mother’s Day
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I was 20 years old when I experienced my first Mother’s Day without my Mom, eight months after her death. She had lived 10 years fighting Breast Cancer and eventually, […]
Continue readingMay 2, 2023
Amid Soot & Smoke Damage, There’s Hope
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Last week on Sunday evening, a fire was set at the Masjid Omar Islamic Center. Then the next day, Mercy Islamic Center was similarly set ablaze, miraculously no one was […]
Continue readingApril 26, 2023
Reflections From a Balcony in Tel Aviv
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TEL AVIV – I’m sitting on the balcony of my hotel room in Tel Aviv, early morning traffic and a soft Mediterranean breeze providing background music. A few surfers have […]
Continue readingApril 19, 2023
Meaningful Interactions Everywhere, Even The Edge Of A Crater
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MITZPEH RAMON, Israel – I went rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Check that. I attempted to go rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Long story […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
Remembering Lova & Bronia – Shahar Cohen’s Family Story
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor this day, I would like to share a family story. This is a love story during World War II between my great-grandmother: Bronia, […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
A Personal Yom HaShoah
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Last night we began the observance of Yom Hashoah v’Hag’vurah (the Jewish National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust and the Heroism) at the Monument to the Martyrs of Zagłębie, just […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
Flowers at Auschwitz
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The Creeping Thistle is no flower. Although it’s reddish-light purple, globe like ball of fluff makes you think otherwise, the aggressive weed is illegal in different parts of the United […]
Continue readingApril 16, 2023
Saturday Night’s Alright (For Protesting)
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JERUSALEM – The weekly Saturday protests have been a fixture of Israeli life for months in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. And […]
Continue readingApril 14, 2023
Travel Anxiety and a First-Timers Visit To Israel
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The trip anxiety started a week ago. It always starts a week before traveling. Sleeping poorly because I’m worrying about packing too much. Or too little. Did I bring the […]
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