May 26, 2021
By: Karina Casarrubias
By Sami [caption id="attachment_2103" align="alignleft" width="345"] Me and my roommates in our humble abode.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2102" align="alignright" width="236"] I spent a weekend at Inbal's house where I was fed some insanely delicious Tunisian food. I loved it so...
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April 20, 2021
By: Leslie
By Sami I recently read an interesting article by Courtney Martin titled “The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems,” and one of the main messages I was left with is that foreign problems often seem much simpler and more solvable...
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March 2, 2021
By: James Ziemba
By Sami As one of the most turbulent and dangerous areas in the world, the Gaza strip is certainly a place myself and most Jews have learned about, at least in the context of its relationship with Israel. Before writing...
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January 27, 2021
By: Admin
By Sami This year I got to spend my week-long winter break in my grandparents’ vacant apartment in Tel Aviv. With very few expectations and very many Corona-related restrictions, four friends and I arrived in the apartment on Thursday night,...
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December 15, 2020
By: James Ziemba
By Sami The silence of the desert was so powerful that I could hear the blood rushing through my head. Only a single fly would occasionally steal my attention away [caption id="attachment_1812" align="alignright" width="300"] With zero light pollution, the only...
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October 20, 2020
By: Admin
By Sami Last May, I decided to start writing regularly in a journal so that I could improve my awful handwriting. Now that my penmanship has improved, however, I’ve started to notice the many other positive effects that journaling has...
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September 24, 2020
By: Admin
By Sami On this quiet Shabbat evening I sit alone on the couch while my new roommates nap. There’s not much else to do at the moment. Jerusalem has restrictions in place requiring American students to quarantine for two weeks,...
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September 2, 2020
By: Admin
By Sami As my virtual high school experience came to a close in mid-May, I was preparing myself for what I thought would be the most uneventful summer of my life. Uncertainties regarding my gap year plans were all I...
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