Born in Evanston, Illinois, I lived there until I was 21 when I moved to Israel. Since moving, I have lived on a Kibbutz in the south, a small development town in the north and now live with my husband and three children in Jerusalem.

I am a published poet and have a gourmet's passion for chocolate (not glutton).

I wrote for Themestream, Epinions, Ciao and still write for DooYoo.

My passion is ...

Chocolate

I know too much about ...

Chocolate

My parents always told me ...

to be polite

My childhood ambition ...

To be an actress

Why I write ...

Because I need to express myself

My first job ...

was selling cloth in a fabric store

My best moment ...

is yet to come, I hope!

My inspiration ...

My husband and three kids

Religion & Spirituality > Judaism Antisemitism in the US today

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Although I am Jewish, I'm also blond haired, blue eyed and fair skinned - not what you would call someone who looks typically Jewish. This is why I had the unique chance to witness anti-Semitism in the USA from two sides - both as the brunt of the attacks as well as a person that racist people might believe had the same hateful feelings as they.

The first time I witnessed this was as a child in kindergarten. After not being at school for the Jewish High Holidays, the assistant teacher asked me why I was away. When I said that I had been in synagogue, the teacher assumed I had heard ot...

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