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
OK-so it is Sukkot 5766, it is Amichai’s 11 month birthday and we have finally caved and started our own blog. We have been in Israel for 15 months now, have written over 60 e-mail updates and have heard from numerous people suggesting that we take our e-mails to the ‘blogesphere’ or whatever this is… Read More Here we go!
Well we have now (we think) succesfully completed our first full week in Israel with no major traumas or setbacks!!!This morning I took off for Givat Shmuel (just outside Tel Aviv) to meet-up with Itay Zeman who had most graciously offered to accompany me on the on-going search for a car. We looked at a… Read More Our First Full Week (Update 5)
We have had a productive couple of days. Yesterday we completed all of the steps to get our driver’s license and put the down payment on our new car (which we can’t take possession of until we get our license). Thanks again to Itay Zeman for helping us to navigate the process and to negotiate… Read More Erev Tisha b’Av (Update 6)
