Blogs from Westchester, New York, United States, North America - page 3

Four elephants fuckingThe huge red statue near Ein Karem, Jerusalem, has always attracted the attention of Jerusalem's locals, who tried to explain the meaning of this strange monument. Hot air architects claimed that when looking at the statue from a certain angle, it exactly reflects the spectacular view of Jerusalem Mountains behind it; most of the natives, however, claimed that the anonymous artist merely tried to immitate four elephants fucking. Anyway, I was happy to see a mini-model of the statue near Brooklin Bridge, in Manhattan (see pic below). Finally I found out something, in which Jerusalem is bigger than NY. BTW, transferring pieces from Jerusalem - and not only model, but the real things - is a very good idea. Many of Jerusalem's residents would be very happy to transfer The Western Wall to Tel-Aviv, ... read more

It's hard to believe that it's been an entire year since I sat down to write a blog but it's been that long since we've been to Israel. Last year, five intrepid travelers from Community Synagogue journeyed to Israel for an amazing 10 days. This year, the number swelled to 36! Our group has participants from age 3 to 73 and everyone in between. There are 12 kids under age 14 so we are in for quite an adventure. Our trip will take us to the following places in Israel (see if you can find them on the map): Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Zichron Ya'akov (home of the famous Carmel Winery), past Haifa, Kibbutz Goshrim, The Golan Heights, Tzfat, Tree planting at the Golani junction, Neve Ur resevoir, Beit Shean, Jerusalem, Ein Gedi, Massada and the Dead ... read more