Shabbat, Havdallah, and Mount Herzl
January 14th, 2012 I took off from blogging yesterday, so today will be an extra long entry so that I can catch back up. So the fourteenth was Saturday and Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath). In ....
Month: January 2012
Masada and the Dead Sea
Masada and the Dead Sea January 13th, 2012 Our day began early. Waking up in a Bedouin tent at 4:15 AM is always a strange thing. I was well bundled up, but still pretty cold. ....
Picking Up Israelis, Sderot, and a Night in a Bedouin Tent
January 12th, 2012 On the night of the 11th, we did an evening activity to get ourselves ready to invite our Israeli friends into our community. We made a circles and then broke into groups ....
Yad Vashem and the Biblical Farm
Yad V’shem and the Biblical Farm Yesterday I left out a little bit of what happened after being in Jerusalem, because I thought it would better fit into my story for today. After returning from ....
The Old City of Jerusalem: My first full day in Israel
January 10th, 2012 I woke up in the hotel in Abu Ghosh to a room that was pitch black. I’m not afraid of the dark, but when I wake up in the morning I like ....
The Journey to Israel
Israel Journal Intro: I have returned from the land of milk and honey and as I knew before I even left, I had an adventure. I don’t want to sound cliché, but it was ....