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Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

Rebecca Liebermann Nissel

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It Began With Oranges

A crate of Jaffa oranges. That is what I received after winning a raffle at Steffl, one of the newest department stores in Vienna. The year was 1967....

06.05.2026 50

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Wrapped in Music and Memory

I ran to the Opera House, hoping that somehow, in some way, I might find a coveted ticket for Monday night’s performance of Tosca. Anna Netrebko. Of...

01.05.2026 20

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Against All Odds

A wisp of a young woman stood at the gates of a fighter unit, barely fifty kilos of quiet determination against a world that measured strength in...

24.04.2026 50

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A Patch of Sacred Ground

I know a friend in Los Angeles whose parents are buried in a mass grave in Vienna. The first time I visited this memorial was a few years ago, on...

19.04.2026 50

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More Than Wine

Marciano wine was offered to us in small sips, poured into tall glasses. The selection was exactly what one would expect at a high end meeting with a...

28.03.2026 50

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So Proud

Last night, we were surprised to receive a phone call from our grandson Eli. I write “surprised” because since the “lion started to roar,” Eli...

19.03.2026 60

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Der Mensch Tracht Und G-tt Lacht

I don’t think I need to translate this well known proverb which we Jews hear hundreds of times throughout our lives. But these days it feels...

11.03.2026 50

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Under the Sirens We Still Sing

I said Tehilim the entire day on October 7, and yesterday on Purim I sang and danced. Why? I asked myself. Families in Israel must constantly escape...

05.03.2026 60

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Wherever we are in the world, Hashem is with us

As a child growing up in the Galut, I was not truly aware of that truth. I lived in Vienna, surrounded by a warm and embracing family, and that was my...

28.02.2026 100

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We Did It

As I listen to the last few Prakim of the Nach Yomi cycle, a sense of fulfillment encompasses my soul. I am on the East Coast and the freezing cold...

21.02.2026 90

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Ha Ben Yakir Li

07.02.2026 70

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To G-d and to the people (ZI G-TT INT ZI DE LIHT)

25.01.2026 100

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Dressing the Torah

10.01.2026 50

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Neujahrskonzert

03.01.2026 100

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..and they were dispersed throughout the world

27.12.2025 150

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When the coat is gone

17.12.2025 50

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Faces we must not walk past

11.12.2025 90

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Looking straight ahead

07.11.2025 40

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Heroes in modern Jewish history

30.10.2025 50

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From Shabbat shoes to sneakers

12.09.2025 60

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Disneyland with Our Hero

03.09.2025 90

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Red Sand

22.08.2025 60

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Wings of the Dove Covered with Silver

17.06.2025 50

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Why do I still hide?

14.06.2025 80

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Why do I weep every time I hear the Hatikva

22.05.2025 50

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Riding The Bus

09.03.2025 70

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