Another meaningful Day of Atonement. If you know me, you may know my favorite thing to do on the big Yom. While I'm hoping to have a lengthy blog post up in the next 24 hours, I figured I might as well upload...
As I celebrate my fifth Rosh Hashana since making aliyah, I reflect on my holidays seasons here. Perhaps fewer invites this year, due to my no longer being fresh off the boat? I'm feeling the buildup less, surely because it arrives so darn...
You've waited all year...
Hello, everyone-did you have a good Passover? I did. I definitely learn something new every year, for example that chilonim (not religious) in Israel don't know any more than chilonim in the States. This line translates into any language: "Whaddya mean...
Hello, teenage readers! Are you sick of listening to the Jonas Brothers? Not ready to go to frat parties and barf all over yourselves? Then perhaps a year in Israel is for you. Whereas Taglit-Birthright Israel has become the most popular short-term...
So I'm back. Tired. After adding this experience piece to my pie of year-programs, summer programs, and camp summers, I have some new perspectives and burning questions about Jewish community, resources, difficult funding decisions, follow-up and long-term programming, and more, many of which have no...
I wonder if they have a Google Alert set up...
Is it just me or does Hanukkah always seem to go by quickly? If I miss even one night of lighting candles, I turn around and we're on night #7. Are we really up to #5 tonight? Here's something exciting: starting...
Chag sameach, my loyal readers! Did you receive everything you wanted for Hanukkah? Hanukkah Harry didn't come visit me this year, presumably because I live in Israel where we don't give gifts (where every day, people give the gift of joy and kindness. Anybody falling...
A Friday pre-Shabbat post??? Crazy! I know, I know, just waiting for the dude to get hot. (Ok, to prevent any rumors from flying around, what is the appropriate English spelling for the hot water heater? Dude? Dood? Dooooooooooooooooooood.*) We're...