(Although all names in this Blog are common girls’ names in the Ethiopian community, they are not the students’ actual names, but were changed…
Daily life
Tutoring Ethiopian Students
(Although all names in this Blog are common girls’ names in the Ethiopian community, they are not the students’ actual names, but were changed…
Visiting the Gaza Border Area
Esther Marcus holding an arson kite that landed at Kibbutz Alumim Nogo Gulst fondly remembers the years when she could go to the nearest…
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…
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,…
Touring Sha’are Hesed with the First Grade
Etrog School first grade girls in front of Agam sculpture in Sha’are Hesed, Jerusalem. Marah Chanah is the one who isn’t eating a red…
Parc Adoulam Not Yet Open
Shulie Mishkin next to Roman milestone at Parc Adulam We were on a tour related to the Bar Kochba revolt. On Route 38, southwest…
Golan Synagogue: Majduliya
Archaeologist Michael Osband explains his findings at Majduliya in the Golan About thirty-five of us followed the archaeologist down a dirt track across the…
Shopping at the Shuk
The profusion of vegetables for sale at a Mahane Yehuda stand makes a colorful display The Mahane Yehuda market, the shuk, this week is…