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Tania Michaelian

Aug 6, 2017, 4:23 PM

Memories and Musings of a Mom During Operation Protective Edge

Growing up in South Africa, one of the warnings I NEVER heard from my mom was: “If you hear the siren, be very careful when getting out of the pool and making your way to the bomb shelter. There is...

Jul 26, 2016, 4:41 PM

A Letter to My Firstborn On the Eve of Her Joining the IDF

I first dreamed you when I was 15. In the throes of youthful passion when I discovered Zionism like others my age find their own isms. I thumped Leon Uris’ Exodus like an evangelistic priest and Ari Ben Canaan...

About Me

Tania Michaelian has lived in Israel for 25 years, after making aliyah from South Africa. She is a closet writer, sometimes teacher, sometimes paralegal, mom to three teen girls, staunch Zionist and keen traveler.