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Tatyana Sundeyeva

Tatyana Sundeyeva is a writer in San Francisco. She enjoys travel, literature, puns, and anything that can be found in a bakery. And not necessarily in that order.

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  • Catch the Jew: Tuvia Tenenbom on Israel, the Media, and Bad Jews, Part One

    Tuvia Tenenbom appears good-humored and jovial, wearing a partially unbuttoned shirt and bright red glasses. When he speaks, the audience listens – expecting tales of laughter and cultural misunderstandings. And many of his stories do start out humorous as he delivers them in an almost nonchalant tone, often joking about his appearance – until these…

  • How to Stay Sane While Traveling

    This summer, a record number of people are expected to travel – some for the first time. With all the overcrowding, delays, restrictions, and liberties that TSA takes, how is one supposed to stay sane while traveling, let alone travel with dignity? Follow these helpful tips to make your trips this summer as pleasant as…

  • How to Stay Sane While Planning a Wedding

    It’s wedding season, folks! Chances are, you’ve got friends posing for cheesy engagement photos at sunset, on horseback, on the beach. Or you’re going to go a little hungry this summer because you’ve got a lot of presents to buy for the weddings you’re attending (look at you, Mr. Popular). Or you’re beginning to panic…

  • Israel Never Stops Moving

    I let myself be talked out of going to Israel so many times when I was a teenager, because there was always something going on there, always some trouble brewing, and always an easier option available. This year, as I was reaching the point of aging out of the Birthright program, I decided to stop…

  • How to Write About Israel: A Guide for Aspiring Journalists

    So you’re trying to make it in journalism. Great! It’s your lucky day because nothing grants journalists more page space and screen time than some conflict blowing up in Israel. I know what you’re thinking – but the whole Middle East is a powder keg, surely any conflict over there will give me an opportunity…

  • 4 Things a Lady Should Remember at the Gym

    I’m not a gym-going pro. I’ve only been doing it for the better part of a year and I’m still learning what all the weight room machines are called. But as a lifelong observer of human behavior, I’ve learned countless things about the often silly things men and women tend to do. And since I’ve…

  • 3 Things a Gentleman Should Remember at the Gym

    I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m not exactly a picture of perfection when I wake up at six in the morning to go to the gym. Not only am I wearing whatever I found groping around in the dark, but I basically just rolled out of bed and the homicidal expression on my face…

  • 3 Things a Gentleman Should Remember at the Club

    The older I get, the more I know what I like, and the less unpleasantness I am willing to put up with at any given moment. A 2-hour wait for brunch? Forget that, I’m hungry. People throwing beer cans on the ground in my favorite park? You bet I’m going to publicly shame them. On…

  • Why Writers Are Crazy (But Don’t Point and Stare)

    Being a committed writer is the short road to insanity. Consider the writing process: The writer sits down at her desk with every intention to write. Scenes, ideas, phrases, moments, memories, and feelings are swirling through her mind. She knows that she needs to exorcise them, to dump them out onto the paper and rearrange…

  • How to Infiltrate the Locals

    Locals are a rare and special breed. They hold the secrets to all the best places in town but they’re rarely hanging out wherever you are, and if they do run into you, they often want to have nothing to do with you or the upside-down map in your hands. So, how do you snag…

  • With a Little Help From My Friends

    Sometime around fifteen years old, I became strangely restless. All of a sudden, the city I lived in and the people I knew weren’t enough for me. I fantasized about all the places I had learned about in French class and collected brochures from travel agencies (yes, those were still around). But I felt powerless…

  • Mischief and Merriment on Halloween

    For those of us too old to trick-or-treat, Halloween is the holiday that lets us demonstrate our inner dispositions. And this year was no different. Some of us flaunted our cheeky humor, others used the opportunity to reminisce about our favorite childhood characters, and some lived out our dreams of being rock stars. And those…