Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
Israeli Music Monday #2
I can say, without a doubt, that my love of and knowledge regarding Israeli music is a direct result of my years Young Judaea‘s Camp Tel Yehudah. Every day after lunch we’d have a camp-wide sing-along, working our way through the camp songbook, calling out [Read More]
Israeli Music Monday #1
On a drizzly Sunday morning in Niskayuna, NY, as my family and I were heading out the door to attend a picnic for my 20th high school reunion, a quick look at the news revealed that an Israeli soldier had been kidnapped. The date was June 25th, 2006. It’s been more [Read More]
Introducing… Israeli Music Monday
As some of you may remember, several years ago I wrote a weekly blog post for a series I called “80s Music Video Sunday“. Having grown up in the 80s, the music of that decade was the background music of my teen years – the theme music for my teenage angst, if [Read More]
From Tango to Hip-Hop – My latest article for ESSENCE magazine
My story about the upcoming Karmiel Dance Festival for the Haaretz newspaper’s ESSENCE magazine supplement can be found here. [Read More]
Leket – The Power of Giving
At this point, I’m sure it comes as no secret to anyone that I love to write. Stringing words into sentences and stories brings me a great deal of pleasure, whether I’m doing it for work or play. Sometimes, when it comes to work assignments, I do the best I can [Read More]
On being touched by terror
Sometimes you hear a blast, but other times, the first thing you hear is a siren. You pause. You wait. Do you hear another siren, perhaps several? And then you sigh sadly and pick up the telephone to place a round of calls, because you know that more than one siren usually [Read More]
30 random facts about yours truly…
As an expat living in a country I love, I know that I will never feel 100% at home in either place and will always feel that I’m being tugged back and forth between them in so many ways. I was very shy and socially awkward as a kid, and had a difficult time making [Read More]
Memories of Grandma…
While rifling through some drawers in our guest room, I found the printout of what I wrote nearly 17 years ago, after receiving the news that my grandmother had passed away. I didn’t fly to the US for the funeral, and instead, wrote the essay below to be read aloud [Read More]
A letter to Israeli and Palestinian leaders – The Intrepid BBC Audio Diarist Strikes Again
Against a backdrop of terror attacks being perpetrated by Hamas, Israeli and Palestinian leaders are currently meeting in Washington DC for the first direct talks in almost two years. Yesterday, I was asked by a producer at the BBC World Service radio show “The World [Read More]
You always went away…
I find myself missing what we never really had You move around us all Sometimes pushed; sometimes pulled Always on the fringes, yet just beyond our grasp Such joy we felt when it seemed that you might stay And yet… Despite the hopes and dreams You always went away I think [Read More]
