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Rachel Arieff

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What healthcare is like outside the U.S.

December 15, 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

September 9, 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

June 10, 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.

June 9, 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

May 26, 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"

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

You Have Permission to Speak Up

May 5, 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

April 26, 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

April 16, 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

April 12, 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?

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

Looking for Peace

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

Never Again™

March 26, 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 

February 13, 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

February 8, 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

February 5, 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

January 26, 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!

    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, May 8 - Cabaret Degenerat - an underground, low-cost variety show that transcends language! Now at Sinesthesia bar in Sants, Barcelona.

    Thursday, May 29 - Anormala - stand-up comedy and original songs by a woman who's been labeled both "abnormal" and "bad" ("mala"). IN SPANISH.

    Rachel Arieff's Anti-Karaoke May 23 session

    Next Anti-Karaoke:

    Friday, May 23, 2025

    Barcelona

    Get ticket online

    Club Sauvage (the old Sidecar)

    Plaza Real, 7, Barcelona.

    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.

    What healthcare is like outside the U.S.

    December 15, 2024 · personal,reality

    We don't have to blindly believe our thoughts

    September 9, 2024 · personal,vipassana meditation

    A Message to Jews

    June 10, 2024 · reality,current events
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