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Jun 21, 2018, 10:53 PM
Hollywood’s Talk of Shame
Hollywood has never been a moral bastion. Its stars have never been beacons of righteousness, unless you count self-righteousness. But the entertainment world has lately sunk to new lows. Vulgarity and profanity are no longer confined to R-rated movies and...
May 21, 2018, 2:23 PM
The Emperor has no clothes
This week, the Hirsch Theatre in Jerusalem will be hosting performances of “The Tales of Hans Andersen,” a show about famed Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, whose fairy tales have delighted and enlightened readers for centuries. In the model...
Apr 13, 2018, 4:44 PM
The Call of the Siren
In New York City, where I spent the first four decades of my life, wildly cacophonous noise is ordinary. The screech of brakes, drivers honking, ambulances wailing, the lumbering of trains crossing the bridge before heading underground again --...
Feb 25, 2018, 9:27 PM
The (Higher) Power of Purim
Before I made aliyah, the holiday of Purim always made me a little self-conscious. Jewish kids—and many adults, too—walking the streets of New York in costume, delivering festive edibles to friends and neighbors, called a fair degree of public...
Dec 31, 2017, 7:00 PM
Side Effects: Five lessons (so far) from my medical journey
1. A body in motion is a miracle in action. Reading with my little girl, helping my older one with her homework, singing “Shema” with my son all seem exceedingly meaningful as I prepare to enter the hospital. But...
Nov 23, 2017, 12:04 PM
Paradigm Shift
One of the things I love best about living in Israel is that my children's lives now revolve around the Jewish and Israeli holidays that the moon brings. We are not blanketed by Halloween or Christmas symbols, decorations, and...
Oct 27, 2017, 12:06 PM
Do We Need Aliyah Day?
Each May on Mother's Day and a month later on Father's Day, Americans get all misty-eyed as they express undying love and gratitude toward their parents. Are these holidays a much-needed pause for reflection, a special time for families...
Oct 19, 2017, 12:19 PM
Body language: there’s no excuse for abuse—but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be prudent
It's a sadly familiar routine: Story breaks of woman accusing famous person of past sexual harassment, abuse, or worse. Accused goes on the defensive. More women come forward with similar allegations. Accused breaks down and admits to having a...
Oct 18, 2017, 7:51 AM
Coming in from the storm: Aliyah catalysts
Recently I read an interesting blog entry by religious Zionist activist Shmuel Sackett entitled “Don't Make Aliyah Because of a Hurricane.” Sackett argues that Jews should not move to Israel to escape troubles in the Diaspora, whether a storm-ravaged...
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About Me
Ziona Greenwald made Aliyah from New York with her husband and children in 2015. They feel privileged to live in Jerusalem. She received a J.D. from Fordham University and worked as a court attorney. But once upon a time she was a magazine editor, and after becoming a mother, she returned to that passion as a freelance writer and editor.