LONG READS → ON YOUR MARK Issue 935 · November 9, 2022

Meet… Karen Arieli   

Karen Arieli always dreamed of empowering women. Now with Hatzalah’s new EMS course for widows, she’s doing just that

Meet… Karen Arieli   

Nothing of that life appealed to me.

I wanted to go to college on the East Coast. I got accepted to the University of Pennsylvania and studied English Literature and Film, and liked the intellectual stimulation of my studies.

Afterward, I moved to Manhattan and worked in the advertising industry. I was really lucky because I started working when the internet bubble took off, so there was lots of money to be made in the field, and I moved quickly up the career ladder.

The only problem was that inside of me, I didn’t feel whole or fulfilled.

Then 9/11 happened.

 

Planting Seeds

With New York City in upheaval, and so many people suddenly searching for answers about why bad things happen to good people, Aish HaTorah started to host classes in downtown Manhattan.

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