It’s Not Complicated
The Times of Israel
Imagine waking up at 6:30 am on a holiday weekend to the sound of sirens. You have fifteen seconds to arrive in the safe room. You scoop your sleeping children out of bed and rush inside, slamming the door as you hear a deafening boom. The sirens and booms continue, so you stay in your safe room, comforted by its reinforced walls.
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Kim Salzman: A Pittsburgher's report from Israel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"How are you" used to be such a banal question before Oct. 7, that cursed Black Shabbat which changed our world forever. Ever since, however, it's become a question that's impossible to answer besides a polite and expected "fine".
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An open letter to Bibi Netanyahu
The Times of Israel
Dear Mr. Netanyahu,
Mazal tov on your re-election to serve as Prime Minister of the State of Israel. I am writing this letter to you as a proud yet concerned citizen of the State of Israel. I am an ardent Zionist and made Aliyah from the United States as a single twenty-eight-year-old, after which I enlisted into the Israel Defense Forces.
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A letter to my children
The Times of Israel
It’s been six months since we returned to Israel after living in Pittsburgh for three years. While all three of you were born in Israel, you left the country at an age when old memories of life in Israel were quickly replaced by new ones of life in Pittsburgh...
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22 days of Israel quarantine
The Times of Israel
I remember way back in February 2020 when the coronavirus was still mostly contained to China. I had a work trip to the United States on February 23, the day after the Israeli media reported that a group of pilgrims from South Korea had traveled to Israel while unknowingly sick with the virus...
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Lessons learned from Israel's response to Pittsburgh attack
The Times of Israel
On the morning of October 27, 2018, I arrived to Israel for a week-long mission with the Jewish Agency, as part of my role as the Director of Israel and Overseas Operations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh...
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A shared society in conflict
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
These are unprecedented and challenging times in Israel. Just after the country appeared to have conquered the coronavirus and a sense of euphoria prevailed, we now find ourselves on the brink of a war unlike any other Israel has faced in its 73 years...
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Reclaiming the word "Zionism"
The Times of Israel
When I made aliyah in 2006 immediately after the conclusion of the Second Lebanon War, I was surprised to discover that not only did my American family and friends question my decision to move to Israel, but so did many Israelis. “Because I’m a Zionist,” I would answer...
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Shared society in Israel
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
Meaningful connections can defuse some of the distrust and animosity that festers at the surface for many.
My 11-year-old twins, Gal and Maayan, are fifth-grade students at a local elementary school in Misgav, located in Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region.
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My 11-year-old twins, Gal and Maayan, are fifth-grade students at a local elementary school in Misgav, located in Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region.
Kim Salzman: A Pittsburgher's report from Israel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"How are you" used to be such a banal question before Oct. 7, that cursed Black Shabbat which changed our world forever. Ever since, however, it's become a question that's impossible to answer besides a polite and expected "fine".
Read more
An open letter to Bibi Netanyahu
The Times of Israel
Dear Mr. Netanyahu,
Mazal tov on your re-election to serve as Prime Minister of the State of Israel. I am writing this letter to you as a proud yet concerned citizen of the State of Israel. I am an ardent Zionist and made Aliyah from the United States as a single twenty-eight-year-old, after which I enlisted into the Israel Defense Forces.
Read more
22 days of Israel quarantine
The Times of Israel
I remember way back in February 2020 when the coronavirus was still mostly contained to China. I had a work trip to the United States on February 23, the day after the Israeli media reported that a group of pilgrims from South Korea had traveled to Israel while unknowingly sick with the virus...
Read more
Reclaiming the word "Zionism"
The Times of Israel
When I made aliyah in 2006 immediately after the conclusion of the Second Lebanon War, I was surprised to discover that not only did my American family and friends question my decision to move to Israel, but so did many Israelis. “Because I’m a Zionist,” I would answer...
Read more
We are tired, but we endure: Inside Israel’s unbreakable resilience
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
Israelis are a remarkably resilient people. In the face of the horrors of Oct. 7, we came together and volunteered in extraordinary ways: helping farmers harvest their crops, cooking for reservist families, guarding our communities...
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A letter to my children
The Times of Israel
It’s been six months since we returned to Israel after living in Pittsburgh for three years. While all three of you were born in Israel, you left the country at an age when old memories of life in Israel were quickly replaced by new ones of life in Pittsburgh...
Read more
A shared society in conflict
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
These are unprecedented and challenging times in Israel. Just after the country appeared to have conquered the coronavirus and a sense of euphoria prevailed, we now find ourselves on the brink of a war unlike any other Israel has faced in its 73 years...
Read more
Shared society in Israel
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
Meaningful connections can defuse some of the distrust and animosity that festers at the surface for many.
My 11-year-old twins, Gal and Maayan, are fifth-grade students at a local elementary school in Misgav, located in Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region.
Read more
My 11-year-old twins, Gal and Maayan, are fifth-grade students at a local elementary school in Misgav, located in Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region.
Funds from Pittsburgh are literally saving lives in Israel
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
As a resident of Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region in Israel, during the past few weeks I have witnessed firsthand, on multiple occasions, the impact that the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Israel Emergency Fund is having in northern Israel.
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It’s Not Complicated
The Times of Israel
Imagine waking up at 6:30 am on a holiday weekend to the sound of sirens. You have fifteen seconds to arrive in the safe room. You scoop your sleeping children out of bed and rush inside, slamming the door as you hear a deafening boom. The sirens and booms continue, so you stay in your safe room, comforted by its reinforced walls.
Read more
Lessons learned from Israel's response to Pittsburgh attack
The Times of Israel
On the morning of October 27, 2018, I arrived to Israel for a week-long mission with the Jewish Agency, as part of my role as the Director of Israel and Overseas Operations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh...
Read more
