Over the past week, we have watched from afar as France burns. It has been an interesting topic of conversation around here as many feel an odd sense of satisfaction, not at the destruction or the fate of people who are injured or killed in the violence, but that the country that has most represented… Read More The ‘Eurofada’
As some of you may have heard, Dr. Robert John (Israel) Aumann, was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Economics. We have decided to share a profile which appeared in today’s Jerusalem Post with you because Dr. Aumann has something for everyone to be proud of. He is a refugee of Nazi German who made… Read More Our Newest Nobel Prize Winner
Our across the street neighbors and friends, Aharoni & Shoshi Neubauer (who also happen to be living in ‘our’ house) had invited the entire yishuv to the dedication of a new Sefer Torah In Neve Daniel. The entire Neubauer family had commissioned the writing of the sefer Torah in memory of Aharoni’s mother who passed… Read More Hachnasat Sefer Torah in Neve Daniel
I’m not sure what the view is out of the window of your synagogue/shul/other place of worship (for those of you not in Israel and who have a regular place of worship), but the view from our new Beit Knesset in Neve Daniel is quite stunning. Instead of the usual leafy trees or busy suburban… Read More The View from the new Beit Knesset…
It has taken over 5 years of constant internationl condemnation but, with the help of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the recently elected ‘hard-line’ president of Iran, the world should now clearly know what the Arab-Muslim world plans for Israel. During a keynote address to the ‘A World Without Zionism Conference’ being held in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said ‘Israel… Read More It’s about time…
A brief incident that I thought was too funny not to share today. I have been having – shall we say – a bit of difficulty with one of my classes at the school where I’m teaching. I thought I was hired to help these girls with homework as a supplement to their class. Well,… Read More Teaching in Israel…Gotta love it!
The event we had been looking forward to since last year’s adventure at the Pnei Kedem Kite Festival had finally arrived. All year, we had told anyone who would listen that they simply had to make plans to come this year. We recruited friends from near and far (we planned to go with Heidi and… Read More Flying High in Pnei Kedem…back to the grind!
The event we had been looking forward to since last year’s adventure at the Pnei Kedem Kite Festival had finally arrived. All year, we had told anyone who would listen that they simply had to make plans to come this year. We recruited friends from near and far (we planned to go with Heidi and… Read More Flying High in Pnei Kedem…back to the grind!
Every year on Chol HaMoed Pesach and Sukkot the Jewish community in Hevron, the City of our Forefathers, has a special two day festival. It is only during this time of year that the entire compound of the Ma’arat HaMachpela (The Cave of the Forefathers) is open to Jewish visitors. The rest of the year… Read More Second Day of Chol HaMoed-Hevron & Camping!
Everyone has been anticipating the first day of Chol HaMoed Sukkot (chol hamoed are the ‘intermediate days’ of Sukkot). Chol HaMoed, both for Sukkot and Pesach, are wonderful times in Israel. School is out, many people are not working and there are activities galore. Neve Daniel had scheduled today as a yishuv-wide tiyul. Everyone was… Read More The First Rain of the Year
