Baile Rochel!

Who's Baile Rochel, you may be wondering.  Well, she's me.  That's the "Jewish name" I was given as a baby.  Besides being called Baile in Oakland Jewish Center, Bayside, NY, Hebrew School, I've never used the name in public.  When I became a Zionist in Betar, I called myself Batya, the name a substitute Hebrew School teacher suggested as more suitable for "Beth" than Baile.

A few years after we moved to Shiloh, I found this comic "voice" and named her "Baile Rochel."  My Baile Rochel column was a popular feature in Counterpoint, a pro-Jews in YESHA newspaper which was edited by Rachel Katzman and my husband, Yisrael Medad.

I was known as the "Erma Bombeck of Judea/Samaria."

Baile Rochel and Me, Too, Dieting Blues, Burnout

Baile Rochel's Back!

Baile Rochel on Children's Health

Got That Rhythm!

Pesach Cleaning

Hey, Diddle Diddle

Thank G-d I'm Not a Washing Machine

Israeli Campfires and My Girl Scout Badge

The Little Darlings
Technology
I'm Embarrassed to Admit This…

Super Simple and Almost Healthy Sufganiyot

Staying Calm

Can't Remember Exactly

The "Big 6" & The "Big S"

Back from the Trenches!

...plays ball!

buys a new cellphone

won't obey the rules

Exercises in a Straight-Jacket

"What? Me an Athlete?"

Ye Olde Computer Fading

Baile Rochel Going "Modern"
The Saga of The Missing Bus Rides

Internet Repair, New Router for Me and "Baile Rochel"

Baile Rochel on The "Stand Up" Circuit

New/Old Hobby or Baile Rochel Returns to Crocheting

Baile Rochel Locked In? Nah! Can't Keep a Good Girl Down

Baile Rochel Tries A "New" Art Medium

Baile Rochel Wimps Out of a Swim, But Pumps Iron Instead