Last night we had a nice Shabbat meal of fish and vegetables bought at the local market. The fish was a red trout from Gallilee and a sea breem from Eliat, near Egypt, both wild caught. Susan went for a walk and found she could easily walk to the Jaffa gate in only 15 minutes from the apt., she went by herself, I stayed home and took a nap before starting dinner. Our visit to the Shrine of the Book was interesting. They have an ancient portion of the book of Isaiah on display as well as artifacts dating back to [View Full Entry]

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Here are the pictures that should have been with the last entry [View Full Entry]

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Shalom from Jerusalem!! We had a long day yesterday. After light breakfast we set out to the old city. It took us a while since we were not familiar with the bus routes and all but made it to the Jaffa Gate entrance eventually.It was around noon and I wanted to be able to call home and let you know to log on the www.thekotel.org so you could see and hear us, but we have yet to figure out how to call out with our cel phones. Each time we try we get some recorded message in Hebrew that we cannot [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone, I am sorry it took me so long to get a proper post up, but I have not had more than a few minutes at a computer and wanted to try and at least do some justice to my experience here in Israel. This may be a bit of a long entry as I have so much to share. I will warn you right now, there is NO WAY I can come close to doing justice to this trip. But here goes: I really didn't know what to expect when I signed up for Taglit (Birthright Israel). Despite the [View Full Entry]

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Hello, Shalom, Salam, Bonjour! Besides being on crutches which is not so much fun in my life, I tend to keep myself busy with writing. Not that you would actually know that from my horrible habit of not uploading new blogs, but rest assured, I do write on a fairly consistent basis. Now, because of my injury, that seems like all I have time to do! :) and :( Anyhow, one of my newest writing endeavors involves writing for Instablogs which is a concept based out of India where many bloggers or "Citizen Journalists" come together and report on different news [View Full Entry]

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Hi, everyone!! Hope this note finds you all well and enjoying the summer. It feels strange for me not to be thinking about the upcoming holiday as I would usually do - have something to do with it not really being celebrated here?? Anyway, enjoy the long weekend and be safe... Tuesday June 24, 2008 I think today’s theme is “lost.” No, not the TV series, but the way this day turned out in so many ways. At the peshat (Hebrew for “surface”) level, I got lost several times roaming the streets. And this time, I wasn’t happy about doing so! [View Full Entry]

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Shalom friends from Israel!!!!! We made it just fine, just got back from making a quick bus trip down to Jaffa, we couldn't find anything worth reporting so had a quick bite in a shwarma shop and took the taxi back to the hostel. We are turning in soon to get some really needed sleep!! Tomorrow we head out to Jerusalem to meet Bridgette and get aquainted with our new nighbourhood. Nite and Shalom! [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I have not been able to update the blog yet. This is literally my first time sitting down at a computer since I have arrived. I won't have time to write a full entry until tonight, however, I wanted to say a quick hello. My experience in Israel thus far has been truly life changing. This place is more beautiful than I could have ever imagined and so rich in colorful history. I can't wait to share more with you, but for now, I just wanted to let you know that I am healthy, happy, and safe. [View Full Entry]

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Over the past few days, we have visited the Old Port of Jaffa/Tel Aviv, done some swimming in the warm, clean waters of the Mediterranean Sea and learned the pitfalls of asking for directions on the streets of Israel's major cities. We also visited with some friends in Nes Ziona, the Himmelhoch's. They welcomed us with a grand feast of meat, vegetables and fruit. David really liked the cake. The children and grandchildren were there as well and got to speak the "universal language" of video games with Micah, Jonah and David. Today, would took a very informative driving tour around [View Full Entry]

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So...funny story. Yesterday I was walking towards home in a semi-happy daze after going to a job interview (probably won't get the job but I had fun in the interview anyways!) I then see a fire truck passing by, which always confirms to me that because I focus a lot of my energy on the FD, this is why I see it everywhere. I'm walking along and these 2 children ask me to help them get their basketball down from the rooftop where it got stuck by throwing a rock at it. I say Sure why not (this was my 1st [View Full Entry]

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