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Ariella Sunny Levi

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Ariella Sunny Levi is a mother of three who recently returned to her roots in Chicago after living in Israel for the past four years. She is a fouth degree black belt in taekwondo and hopes to help empower women both physically and spiritually through her martial arts classes and inspirational writing.

A Life Lesson from My Special Needs Brother Story

By Ariella Sunny Levi

Standing with Josh amid the madness, I experienced the elusive magic that beckons just beyond reach in those hazelnut instant coffee commercials. The calm. The peace. The comfort. Standing with Josh, I had what we all really need, and that’s each other...

The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons

Re-Defining Normal My Brother Josh Story

By Ariella Sunny Levi

I spent twenty years of my life wishing he were “normal.” Imagining. Yearning. Wondering about ordinary things like—what would he be like? What would he look like? Would we get along, and what would we have in common?

The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge

Writer's Block How Words Can Destroy Story

By Ariella Sunny Levi

She hurt me. Or, shall I say, I was hurt by her? Words really matter, as I've recently re-learnt, so I better choose them wisely. That said, I was hurt by the (rather insensitive) way in which she chose to speak to me. It was the evening of Rosh ...

The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons

My Mother, My Mirror Poem

By Ariella Sunny Levi

I used to blame her for the problems of the world. Held her responsible for my pain and cursed her. If I were in her shoes, I said singing the blues, I would have definitely done better than she did.

The Jewish Woman » Readers Write » Poetry » Poems About Spirituality

My Weekend with a Recovering Drug Addict Story

By Ariella Sunny Levi

My appreciation deepened as I continued to think about benefits of my so called “curses.” All those difficult issues of my youth suddenly seemed more like anchors than problems: Tough like iron yet grounding and stabilizing...

The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Dealing with Challenge

Birthday Presence Recognizing the True Gift

By Ariella Sunny Levi

I'm not interested in looking back over my life and wondering where the time went, slapping myself in the head saying, "time really flew...". I want to look back and account for all my years with a feeling of completion...

The Jewish Woman » Readers Write » Writing » Reflections

Dreading The Doctor

By Ariella Sunny Levi

Eden's outrageous fright of doctors, doctors' offices, check-ups, medicine, band-aids, thermometers, blood, paper cuts and anything and everything else medical was so extreme that all of the doctors we took her to agreed that they had never seen a case ...

The Jewish Woman » Readers Write » Writing » Our Lives

Ariella Sunny Levi A Torah Observant Tae Kwon Do Master

By Ariella Sunny Levi

In trying to integrate ourselves into our newcommunity, I have also been trying to integrate my old self into who I have become. I still have a deep passion for martial arts and I greatly look forward to the day I can teach my children Tae Kwon Do. But ...

The Jewish Woman » Women's Narrative » Jewish Women You Should Know

My Boring Day A New Perspective on the New Month

By Ariella Sunny Levi

I was stuck without a babysitter on what was supposed to be my big day out. Stuck, for yet another mundane day of shoveling sweet potatoes and mashed bananas into the mouths of my screaming offspring...

The Jewish Woman » Readers Write » Writing » Our Lives

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