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Jul 2, 2018, 11:11 AM

When my soul comes home

Last Sunday I traveled to Israel for the first time since I moved back to the United States in 2003, accompanied by my fiancé who had never visited before. For me, it felt like a long-delayed coming home, For him, it is all new. My...

Jun 25, 2018, 1:30 PM

Why we should care about others

In the aftermath of the discovery of what our administration is doing to families as they come through our borders, I have seen a number of disturbing reactions. One cable personality doesn’t understand why anyone should care about them, since “these aren’t our kids.” Last...

Jun 18, 2018, 11:16 AM

Children need their parents

Children need stability and predictability in their lives. Two-thousand children have just had the most stable and predictable part of their lives — their parents — taken away from them and in instead were placed in a strange place with no information and no understanding...

Jun 11, 2018, 9:09 AM

How can I do better

The thought behind creating this blog in the first place was to be able to take the multiple perspectives I think I bring to any given situation and use them to offer a voice which is helpful. I’d like to address each of those elements,...

Jun 4, 2018, 9:58 AM

What do you know?

What I know is that I don’t know enough. I’ve written about it too. In one LinkedIn article I posted, aptly titled “How to prepare to do anything,” I advise how to inventory existing knowledge before trying to reinvent wheels. Look up, look down, look...

May 28, 2018, 7:45 AM

A lesson in kindness and the giving of oneself

I am finding that this world has become a judgmental and harsh place. Online and off, there are too many examples of people ranting, raving, judging, hurting, excluding others. In this context, I can’t help but wonder why more people don’t adopt the Golden Rule...

May 21, 2018, 12:51 PM

How does Israel move forward now?

Recent events have driven home how far apart the two sides are. There were times in the past when Israeli and Palestinian negotiators spoke, when talks resulted in options being discussed, even if they were rejected. But that is not the case now. Back when...

May 14, 2018, 10:00 AM

Toys, divas and confidence

The last time Israel won the Eurovision song content, I was living in Jerusalem, and like many others, watched as Dana International, the competition’s first openly transgender contestant, advanced to the head of the leaderboard, with her song Diva. The confidence she exuded as a...

May 7, 2018, 7:51 PM

Loneliness, community and how to bridge the two

This week, Cigna revealed the results of a study showing that loneliness, especially but not only among young people 18-22, was alarmingly high. In its coverage, USA Today focused on Cigna’s concern – the impact on health, although it also mentioned people using social media...

Apr 30, 2018, 4:40 PM

Israel in Atlanta

Yesterday’s Israel@70 celebration at Park Tavern was one of the special kinds of events that has the potential to bring together two related but disconnected groups — Atlanta’s native Jewish population and its Israeli Jewish community. But just because we all visit the same event...

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About Me

Born in Brooklyn, raised on Lawn Guyland, Wendy lived in Jerusalem for over a decade submerged in Israeli culture, and has been soaked in Southern life in metro Atlanta since 2003. An Ashkenazi mom of three Mizrahi sons, 26, 22 and 18, Wendy splits her time between corporate America, teaching Hebrew school and spending time with her wonderful fiancé (http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/engagement-kalman-braun/ :-) ).