Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman is a journalist who made aliya with her family in 2007, following 13 years as a features writer and copy editor at The Record, the daily newspaper of northern New Jersey. She has been freelancing since 1984 for a wide variety of secular and Jewish publications and is a staff writer for ISRAEL21c.

 RABBI DR. YISRAEL LEVITZ with Family Institute graduates, 2015.

The Family Institute: Changing views on therapy in the haredi world

 Jake Gillis interviews musician Ivri Lider on 'Sababoosh.'

Jake Gillis: The man behind the 'Sababoosh' podcast

 RABBI YONATAN NERIL.

Rabbi Yonatan Neril: Founder of Israel's interfaith NGO linking religion and ecology


'Are We There Yet?': Getting over marital roadblocks - review

Chana Levitan, a couples therapist and educator, presents the stories of 18 couples who overcame specific roadblocks in their relationships and are still driving that car called marriage.

 ‘THE WEDDING REGISTER’ by Edmund Leighton, 1920.

A loving life in a peaceful paradise: Ellie Henkind Katz's Jerusalem life

In their little piece of paradise just west of Jerusalem, Ellie and Michael are still very obviously in love after half a century of marriage. 

 ELLIE & MICHAEL KATZ in the garden of their artfilled home in Shoeva as a peacock looks on

'The Jews, 5,000 Years and Counting:' Jewish history can be funny - review

The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting achieves an incredible feat: It covers our entire “epic journey through time, space, and guilt” in 224 pages.

BEN-GURION AIRPORT security, Terminal 1, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Julie Rothschild Levi: Becoming an accidental influencer in Israel

“I learned Hebrew. I became a Zionist. Israel got into my blood, and I knew Israel was going to be in my life somehow,” she says. 

 JULIE ROTHSCHILD LEVI, aka ‘Julie Shtick.’

The Israeli olah changing world’s perception of nonverbal individuals

The writer: 'The nonverbal world is very different from ours; it is unfair to expect them to fit into our patterns.'

 Abigail Fidler

Russian olah Lada Lapidus: Overcoming language barrier with painting

In the early years of her aliyah, Lapidus had to work because the family’s financial situation was difficult and she needed to support herself.

 LADA LAPIDUS

A globetrotting journey from Greece to Israel: The journey of Victor Politis

Since the 1970s, Politis has photo-documented street life in some 80 countries and won prizes. After travelling the world, the only place Politis wanted to live in Israel was Old Jaffa. 

Victor Politis took this aerial photo of the Jaffa coastline, displayed on a wall opposite his home.

Rak Marak: Seriously sensational soups - review

Rak Marak not only serves seven sublime varieties of fresh soup but also offers plant-based proteins, legumes, and carbs to accompany your cup of soup

 Soups from Rak Marak.

Nikita Ben Ami: An unexpected Zionist's journey from Uzbekistan to Israel

“I was never connected to Judaism, but a friend who is a rabbi once told me that I’m a lost Jewish soul,” she said. “And I’m discovering I am totally Zionist.”

 Nikita Ben Ami is seen playing Japanese Taiko drums.

‘Optimistic & full of light’ - The creative child of survivors 

The accomplished collage artist notes with pride that her birth date coincides with International Women’s Day and that the State of Israel was born not long after her arrival into the world.

 HANNA BEN ELIEZER CURTIS