by dalitopia | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog
One more beautiful night in Tel Aviv. My husband and I were spending that Shabbat, like many others, walking around, absorbing the vibe, trying to figure out whether it might be time to dump our Suburban life and move to the city. We were continually amazed by how...
by dalitopia | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
The Shalva Band. If you haven’t seen them perform: run, not walk. Or at least watch them on YouTube. I’m not sure we’ve made a big enough deal of this group of eight individuals that, although challenged by a variety of disabilities, managed to pull...
by dalitopia | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog
“Where’s the butter?”It’s a Friday morning like any other. I’m sorting through the groceries, putting away the items that need refrigeration. My husband shops for the family on Fridays. I get to skip that all-too-boring weekly ritual and...
by dalitopia | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog
MAGA We all know what those initials stand for. Some of us aren’t willing to say the full phrase out loud, many of us can’t stomach the individual who spouts it at any given opportunity, but most of us don’t know that this “concept” was...
by dalitopia | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog
I’ve lived in Israel for almost thirty years and I still haven’t figured it out. Although Jewish by birth, by history, by practice (back in the States)–there are times here in Israel, that I feel primarily Jewish by association. When I came here as a...
by dalitopia | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog
I typed in “Tree of Life Pittsburgh.” The “thinking” swirl came on the screen of the search window for a second before being replaced by a network of streets near Pittsburgh labeled: Squirrel Hill. Squirrel Hill. The gears and cogs in my head...
