Excerpted from Israel HighWay Staff March 29, 2007 As Passover approaches, Jewish families the world over are preparing to come together for the traditional Pesach seder commemorating the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt approximately 3300 years ago. While the Exodus is a universally known event, not that long ago there was another, less known, mass… Read More Jews in the Muslim World Today
Excerpted from Israel HighWay (March 22, 2007) Since September 13, 1993, when the Oslo Accords were signed on the White House lawn, the notion of a Palestinian state has driven much of the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic discourse. Until the early 1990’s, the idea of establishing a Palestinian state next to Israel was anathema to much of… Read More A Palestinian State: Wither or Whither?
Excerpted from the Israel Highway (March 15, 2007) Israel Uncovered: Unusual Places to Visit in Israelby Israel HighWay Staff Everyone who comes to Israel knows that there are many incredible historic and important sites to see. The Western Wall, Masada, Caesarea and Yad Vashem are all well known and popular sites. But Israel also offers… Read More Israel Uncovered: Unusual Places to Visit in Israel
We had an amazing day yesterday filled with smachot (‘simchas’/happy occurrences/etc) which, again, brought our lives here into focus. The two smachot were on the opposite ends of the Israeli cultural spectrum, which made it all the more interesting. We started the day at a brit milah for our friends’ newborn son. Erez Yoseph Shai… Read More The Brit and the Wedding…
Excerpted from the Israel Highway (March 8, 2007)A Middle East Primer –What Are the Issues? Do You Know the Basics? by Israel HighWay Staff Missiles, terrorists, tanks and bullets are not the only weapons of the Middle East conflict. So are words, concepts and diplomatic formulas. In fact, they can be more important than the… Read More A Middle East Primer–Do You Know the Basics?
The following was originally published via Israel HighWay . If you would like to receive the Israel HighWay directly, please click here. Purim Week: What Makes Israelis Laugh?Political Satire in Israel by Israel HighWay Staff Sometimes it’s hard to laugh in Israel. It seems everyone knows someone who was wounded or killed in last summer’s… Read More Purim Week: What Makes Israelis Laugh
Like everywhere else, there are days here when we feel victories, and days when we get frustrated and ready to scream. Today was a victory. I still can’t believe what I accomplished and I must say that I’m quite proud of myself. In order to transfer my teaching certificate from the States, I have needed… Read More Me and the Misrad HaChinuch
One of the various small jobs that I do is working on a weekly, on-line publication called Israel HighWay. The target audience is North American high school students and the goal is to educate and inspire them about Israel. So, we are going to start posting the ‘Issue of the Week’ each week on the… Read More Israel HighWay
There is one thing that is hard to replace from ‘the Old Country’ for many Olim and that is snow. Our kids (at least the ones who lived in America) have been desperate for some snow since we moved. This is our third winter here and they have been regularly asking, ‘when is it going… Read More SNOW
When we were contemplating Aliyah on and off over the years, one thing that was always part of the discussion was having our kids grow up in Israel. The country is an amazing place to grow up, a veritable Gan Eden (Garden of Eden) for kids. In our first weeks of Aliyah our kids sampled… Read More Visiting the sites of the Tanach….priceless!!
