In the summer of 2024, while volunteering in Jerusalem, I began looking into a dual degree program that had just been launched by Hebrew University. Since it was Israel’s top… [Continue Reading]
Category: Israel
Over Shavuot, our hostel hosted two groups of female seminary students, aged 17-22. We had about 50 girls staying with us. They were mostly American Jews. On Wednesday afternoon, an… [Continue Reading]
We happened to revisit Mount Hermon on the 50th commemoration of the Yom Kippur war— and share a ski lift with the sister of one of the soldiers who died in that war!
Only a week or so, maybe less, into our first stay in Jerusalem, I had a strange encounter with what it meant to keep the Sabbath here. It was Saturday… [Continue Reading]
The bus hadn’t come. Maybe it never would. My mom had already decided to forge her own path and leave the bus stand, instead of wait for the unknown. I… [Continue Reading]
My mom and I wanted to remember all the Christians we had bumped into and fellowshipped with in our last 13 months of travel.
At the very beginning of our world tour, we were staying at a hostel in the middle of Jerusalem, on Jaffa street. In that hostel we met and befriended a… [Continue Reading]
Jewish New Year We flew back to Israel for the second time on Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish calendar consists of quite a few celebrations and holidays that are divided… [Continue Reading]
Yitzhak Rabin (Wadi Araba) There is only one border crossing into Jordan from Eilat. It is called Yitzhak Rabin by Israel and Wadi Araba by Jordan. It’s maybe a five… [Continue Reading]
Do you know which powerful world leader’s name translates to “to possess the world?” I didn’t until today. I’ll let you know who it is near the end. 🙂 Today… [Continue Reading]