It’s happened once more. My mother has come for a visit. It’s been more than four years since I’ve seen her in the flesh,

Today is my third anniversary, the day I officially made aliya and became an Israeli citizen. I love living in Jerusalem. I love the friends

  I don’t know Shara Jacobs. But her almost-love story on the Chabad.org website could have been mine. Who is Shara Jacobs? She’s a woman

  What to do with those writing journals? With Corona keeping us close to home like never before, it’s very tempting to start digging out

  The thing about writing a book is that it can take years and years, as it did in my case. October was its completion

I ask myself as a writer and artist, what is it about the combination of “arts and letters” that is so powerful? Why is it

For nearly twenty years I was a regular visitor to the Chabad House of Rabbi Binyomin Edery in Omori, Tokyo. Never in my wildest dreams,

Thank you for visiting my website. I’m in the process of updating and adding new features that introduce you to my twin worlds in Jerusalem

Since moving to Israel, I’ve been working toward completion of a memoir about my transformational marriage and family life in Japan. That was when I

I love books about inspirational women who stand up for themselves, who speak up even when living out of their comfort zone, half way around