Social Distancing as Spirituality
I believe in MIRACLES and that HKBH wants a happy ending to the story even for Jews outside Israel.
Category: Only In Israel
A Picture of What Will Never Be Mine
An isolated space such as this would seem ideal. Pristine. Deserted. Peaceful. Green and filled with growth. But as I painted it, my mind shifted to a second set of descriptive words. Private. Alone. Solitary. And in this post, I explain why all of that is the polar opposite of Israel.
The Most Beautiful Birthday Party I Have Ever Attended–Didn’t Even Know the Boy!
Attending a birthday party in and of itself is not something remarkable. However, this party, this communal “event” was something altogether different…and inspirational! A few weeks ago, there was a small, innocuous Facebook post by a mother here in Maale Adumim. Her son, Matanel, was about to celebrate his 6th …
This is Am Yisrael & Eretz Yisrael
So, I had to get my daughter’s gift-given mirror repaired, and I found a fix-it guy at the edge of downtown Tiberias. He’s got work clothes on, and me, sneakers. He asks me where I’m from, and I say Yavniel, which is just outside Tiberias. ‘Breslev?’ he asks ‘Jewish,’ I reply, …
About Aliyah
There are a million and one things to say about Aliyah, each with its seemingly-almost-equal corresponding contradictory points. Aliyah means Jews “ascending” and returning to their homeland, the Land of Israel, based on God’s promises uttered and documented in His Book to us again and again, via our Patriarchs and …
Guide to Israeli Banking
Smarter Israeli Banking by Rifka Lebowitz is a wonderful gift for any newcomer to Israel… and to anyone who is new to handling his/her banking and finances, whether young adults or the recently widowed or divorced.
40 Years in Shiloh Significance
For the past few months, we’ve been focusing on the memorable fact that we’re in the fortieth year of the renewal of Jewish Life in Shiloh.
Every Day Aliyah Day
Since I can’t disguise my immigrant background, it means that wherever I am, whatever I do, I’m celebrating my own Aliyah Day.
Israel from halfway up
For the past couple of weeks, I have been kind of handicapped. On October 4, I suffered what apparently was a seizure. Since then, I have been kind of weak and unsteady. I’ve read that it goes with the territory, and takes a while for the brain and body to …
Succot at Biblical Shiloh, 5778, 2017
Biblical Shiloh has also been set up as a “fun for the entire family” tourist spot, and I went there today.
Visited The New Jerusalem US Consulate
… I am so happy that the American Government has made a New Jerusalem US Consulate in which Jews can feel comfortable.