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Rachel Arieff

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Empathy for the Devil

18 mai 2025 · current events,personal,history
Header photo: Polish children murdered at Auschwitz. Last summer, my partner and I visited...

To Jews... again

17 mai 2025 · reality
Israel is bombing and starving Gaza in the name of Judaism and our family members murdered in the...

What healthcare is like outside the U.S.

15 décembre 2024 · personal,reality
A few years before I moved to Spain — we’re talking around 2002 — I did my yearly medical...

We don't have to blindly believe our thoughts

9 septembre 2024 · personal,vipassana meditation
We don’t have to believe our thoughts. This is not a new idea. It’s at least 3,000 years old....

A Message to Jews

10 juin 2024 · reality,current events
It seems the majority of the world's Jews still remain either silent on Israel's extermination of...

Voting in Europe vs. the U.S.A.

9 juin 2024
It's 11 in the morning on Sunday, and I just got back from voting. I never wrote about what it's...

This Happened Today in Class

26 mai 2024 · personal,current events
I’m teaching a 6-year-old Bahraini girl named Maryam with very limited English skills. It’s our...

Why Israel Abuses the Word "Nazi"

24 mai 2024 · current events,history
Since October 7th, Israeli leaders have continually abused the word "Nazi" to describe Hamas....

You Have Permission to Speak Up

5 mai 2024 · current events
It sounds ridiculous to say, but unfortunately it needs to be said: If you are not Jewish, a...

The Silence of the Jews

26 avril 2024 · current events
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ...

A Star for Palestine

16 avril 2024 · personal,reality
When I teach kids online, to break the monotony and reward them for good work, I play a little...

The First Time I Saw a Swastika in Barcelona

12 avril 2024 · personal,reality
I remember the first time I saw a swastika in Barcelona. It was probably the year 2003 or 2004,...

When Are You Going to Speak Up?

7 avril 2024 · history,personal,reality
To my fellow Jews... Already I have to stop. Just that sentence makes me uncomfortable,...

Looking for Peace

5 avril 2024 · reality,vipassana meditation
Header photo: Kelly M. Lacy People get fucked-up to find peace. We drink alcohol to feel...

Never Again™

26 mars 2024 · personal,history,reality
Header photo taken at visit to Auschwitz, July 2023.   I never, ever, EVER want to hear...

Every Day Is Yom Kippur 

13 février 2024 · personal,reality
The Jewish day of atonement, Yom Kippur, is one of only two Jewish holidays I celebrate. In spite...

For Most of History, Jews and Muslims Actually Got Along Well

8 février 2024 · history,reality
Growing up in a Jewish community in the United States, I learned, in Jewish Sunday school as well...

And we begin again

5 février 2024 · personal
So, I'm back. How have you been? How did you handle the pandemic? And afterward? Do you have...

For Holocaust Remembrance Day

26 janvier 2024 · personal,reality,history
Tomorrow, January 27th, is Holocaust Remembrance Day. On that day, we are asked to remember the...
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  • "Funny, biting, ironic and intelligently frivolous." -Playboy

    Rachel now has 4 different shows to choose from!

    Rachel Arieff's Anti-Karaoke July 4 session

    Next Anti-Karaoke:

    Friday, July 4, 2025

    Barcelona

    Get ticket online

    Club Sauvage (the old Sidecar)

    Plaza Real, 7, Barcelona.

    Come to FAC (Feas Artes de Catalunya)

    Come to FAC

    My new series of live comedy-variety shows, in collaboration with the C.I.A. (Catalan Institute of the Abnormalarts). More info

    Thursday, July 24 - Anormala - stand-up comedy and original songs by a woman who's been labeled both "abnormal" and "bad" ("mala")... and it okay with that. IN SPANISH.

    TBA - Cabaret Degenerat - an underground, low-cost variety show that transcends language! The May 8th show at Sinestesia was a great success; we'll announce the next date as soon as we nail it down.

    Rachel Arieff's Anti-Karaoke on Instagram

    Anti-Karaoke happens once a month at Club Sauvage in Barcelona.

    Here are all the dates through December of 2025.

  • Blog

    Consider yourself warned: my blog is decidedly not funny.

    Empathy for the Devil

    18 mai 2025 · current events,personal,history

    To Jews... again

    17 mai 2025 · reality

    What healthcare is like outside the U.S.

    15 décembre 2024 · personal,reality
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