girl crushing

I have a friend crush on a girl from my beit midrash.

She frequently learns with her chevruta on the same table as me so we've been chatting a little. As such I've discovered that she's basically who I would want to be if I was Israeli.

First of all I'd like to point out that she's cool. She has an adorable blonde curly bob, interesting glasses and awesome clothes. For you hemp wearers you will just have to deal with the fact that I'm shallow.

She grew up in Bakka in Jlem. She was a Bnei Akiva madricha and is still a madricha for a garin in the movement.

Now you may think that this doesn't bide well for her awesomeness stats.

However, she's also a participant in the non-denominational mixed religious-secular male-female beit midrash that I attend. Pretty progressive for a Bnei Akiva girl right?

Better than that she identifies as modern orthodox and not religious zionist. The distinctions between the two groups are frequently lost of the average Israeli.

But most awesome of all is her involvement in the solidarity movement from Hebrew Univeristy which attempts to defend Arab rights in Israel; from the injustices in Sheikh Jarrah, to the discrimination in east Jerusalem to house demolitions in Lod. She spends most of he spare time attending the homes of those whose kids were unfairly taken into custody by the police, or those whose homes were demolished, or those who can't find employment because people don't hire Arabs.

And she does this all in a skirt and 3/4 sleeve tops. Then when it's all done she goes and spreads her message of multiculturalism and equal rights to her kids in Bnei Akiva.

So subversive.

Basically. She's awesome.

Hence the crush.