Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Savlanut, Savlanut…

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Vignettes: I’m waiting for that real winter I’ve heard so much about… But this year, it seems that if I want winter, I should move to California. Or Jerusalem. Some days the best thing that happens is losing a wallet, … Continue reading →

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The Power of a Genuine Smile

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Raising children in the 1990’s and early 2000, meant that “Prince of Egypt” played repeatedly on our little then TV-VCR. Aside from its grand success in our home, the film went on to gross over $218 million worldwide in theaters, … Continue reading →

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Closing Beresheet – the Torah portion of Vayechi

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

The editor of the Talmud chose to place Tractate Chulin, literally meaning mundane, ordinary, inside the order of Kodashim, holy matters, which might have been his very (very!) subtle way of telling us how the two remain an inseparable part … Continue reading →

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Meeting our Brother in a Foreign Land

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Vignette: Walking out into the NY winter morning, all wrapped in my coat, scarf, gloves, hat, still feeling quite warm from the indoor heating system, my first thought is: Yeh, fresh air! Then: 20 some degrees (not Celsius!), eh, not … Continue reading →

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Happy Hanukkah – “Light One Candle” with Joseph in chutz-la’aretz

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Vignettes: You haven’t actually moved to another place until you spent (at least – more coming…) a day at its DMV… and – After a day of running errands in the Bronx: San Francisco drivers might have topography to contend … Continue reading →

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ReJewvenate @ Pardes Grant – Once Again

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

For the 4th year in a row: ReJewvenate@ Pardes! The ReJewvenate@ Pardes Grant is for someone over 40 who has never had the opportunity to participate in an immersive Jewish learning program and is interested in doing so at Pardes … Continue reading →

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Not Buying Skirts for my Boys!

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Vignettes: New sounds have entered my East Coast experience, beyond the usual bells and Christmas songs of this season (which are almost completely absent from Riverdale): The heater pipes in the walls with their’ ticks, clicks, knocks and sudden bangs, … Continue reading →

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Katonti- let’s dance again

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

A couple of years ago, Israeli dance choreographer Oren Ashkenazi created the beautiful and by now famous dance “Katonti”. The words, sung by Yonatan Raz’el, are said to be “from the sources”, min hamekorot; those “sources” happen to be this … Continue reading →

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On Snow, Fire and the Angels in our Life

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

It started: that meeting between me and the wind when  we both emerge from behind a building into the open street, she twirls away carelessly while I close my suddenly teary burning eyes over a leaky face. The temperatures creep … Continue reading →

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On parents and children and oh well…

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

In 1938, when my mom was ten years old, her family left Europe. Among their belongings, were family photos sporting her father as an officer in World War I. It was a souvenir of the past, my grandma told my … Continue reading →

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