Aliza Lipkin

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May 11, 2018, 6:26 PM

On My Uncle Mordy’s Shloshim

Making aliyah was a dream come true and something I can't imagine I will ever regret. However, it came with the hefty price of leaving loved ones behind. I did not get to say goodbye to my uncle before he...

Apr 16, 2018, 7:55 PM

To Israel, On Your Birthday

My heart overflows with emotion on your birthday. Generations have come and gone. We roamed the earth, trying to build homes and futures on foreign soil. Perhaps we are guilty of not returning earlier… Maybe we could have made it happen sooner... I don't know... but...

Feb 8, 2018, 6:20 PM

Girlilla warfare

Rabbi Yosef Kelner (YouTube screenshot)

That yeshiva where a rabbi teaches 'women are nothing'? It must do more than apologize

Aug 23, 2017, 11:54 AM

Right sentiment, wrong star, Billy Joel

The yellow star was a forced badge of shame, but in a world with the State of Israel, no Jew is a helpless victim

Aug 20, 2017, 11:32 PM

Home without my brother

My mother found out that she was carrying twins when she was pregnant with my brother and me at the tender age of 17. Her parents insisted on putting us up for adoption due to her young age, frail nature...

Jul 14, 2017, 1:39 PM

Reclaiming her place

God's agreeing to Zelophechad's daughters' outrageous request makes a case against treating stringency as law

Jun 18, 2017, 11:32 AM

The Value of Father’s Day

My first impression of Father’s Day was molded by my dad’s notion that it was created to feed the pockets of Hallmark. He never did like any attention and I think that was just his way of saying please...

Jun 15, 2017, 9:33 PM

My #Israelisawesome campaign

7 days of praise for Israel, in the hopes of removing the sting from the bad report of this week's parsha's spies

Jun 1, 2017, 10:26 PM

‘The Kotel is the Holiest place for the Jews’

There has been much hullabaloo lately with regards to the Kotel and what position it ranks in terms of holy places for the Jewish nation. Many express indignation when the Kotel is referred to as the holiest site of...

Mar 23, 2017, 6:15 PM

Shabbat as Rectification For the Sin of the Golden Calf

Parshat Vayakhel starts directly after Moshe descends from Har Sinai the second time upon successfully gaining G-d's forgiveness on behalf of the nation for the sin of the golden calf. Moshe gathers all of the Israelites to relay the...

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About Me

Aliza Lipkin is a firm lover and believer in her country, her people and her G-d. She moved from the land of the free (America) to the home of the brave (Israel) 10 years ago and now resides with her family in Maaleh Adumim.