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Avital Chizhik

Avital Chizhik is a writer living in New York City and a frequent contributor to Haaretz.

  • FICTION
    A Holy Fool

    Tablet Original Fiction: A Jewish heretic wants to read—literature

    byAvital Chizhik
  • At the headquarters of separatist militias of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic," in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, on June 13, 2014, after it was stormed by Ukrainian forces.(Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)
    At the headquarters of separatist militias of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic," in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, on June 13, 2014, after it was stormed by Ukrainian forces.(Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Jewish Voices From the Front Lines of Donetsk

    Letters from the besieged city in Ukraine, from which Jews are making plans to flee civil unrest and political turmoil

    byAvital Chizhik
  • (Margarita Korol)
    (Margarita Korol)
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    Putin Refuses To Let the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Library Leave Moscow

    An international cast of characters is embroiled in a bizarre legal dispute over the late rabbi’s personal collection of books

    byAvital Chizhik
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    Passover’s Perennial No-Show

    At the Seder, we open the door for Elijah. As a child, I thought he’d actually appear. Then I grew up, and anticipation faded into resignation.

    byAvital Chizhik
  • (Alana Newhouse/Tablet Magazine)
    (Alana Newhouse/Tablet Magazine)
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    Tights Squeeze

    While Orthodox girls obsess about skirt length and hosiery choices, are we overlooking Judaism’s most important lessons about modesty?

    byAvital Chizhik
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