Esther Marcus holding an arson kite that landed at Kibbutz Alumim Nogo Gulst fondly remembers the years when she could go to the nearest…
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Frequently Heard Hebrew Phrases
Both physically and psychologically, Israel is a very small country. We all feel connected. I told my class coordinator I would miss a scheduled…
Reproducing the Incense of the Holy Temple
Balsam, one of the main ingredients of incense used in the Temple, growing at Guy Ehrlich’s farm in the Jordan River Valley. When Guy…
From the Schocken Library to Villa Schocken
Schocken Library, Jerusalem, conference room. Books are stored in glass fronted cabinets on right and in locked cabinets of the far wall and the…
Climbing Tel Givon
Olive grove growing at the foot of Tel Givon. A polluted stream flows by. Tel Givon may be one of the most important archeological…
Watching Birds Migrate in the Galil
Migrating cranes fly to Agmon Hula to spend the night on the lake in the Galil Nir, the guide at Agmon Park Nature Reserve,…
Treating Wounded Syrians in Tsfat
Mural in lobby of Ziv Medical Center in Tsfat (Safed), where almost a thousand wounded Syrians have been treated over the past five years.…
Hevron: Where Our Forefather Avraham Stood
Old Hevron. Ma’arat HaMachpela (the Cave of the Patriarchs) is the large rectangular structure in the middle. Every time I start to think I’m…
Understanding Water and Water Bills
One of the secondary water clarifiers at the Shafdan water reclamation plant near Ashkelon. Our first water bill was a complete mystery. With the…
Yakov’s First Tefillin
Daniel & Yakov saying the morning prayers the first day Yakov put on tefillin When Yakov, our older grandson, turns thirteen later this week,…