Month: August 2010

Nowhere I’ve been before has a day of the week been so powerful as Shabbat is in Israel. By and large, everything shuts down. In

As young as elementary school, we start getting lessons on America’s diversity. “What is an American? What does an American look like?” That’s when we’re

They were either the smartest or the stupidest people of their day. People in the 3rd century carved underground caves out of the chalky rock

Ten minutes left and we were dashing through the narrow stone streets of an Ottoman era city in the heat of the day. Rivers of

One of the great challenges of this trip has been to work and be newlyweds at the same time as we travel and take on

“Shalom” said the Nepali man as we walked into his small Nepali restaurant and shop on the ugliest street in Tel Aviv. Emily’s face became

With a tug at some secret spot, she collapsed the double stroller with a single movement. We stood in awe that the mighty stroller had

"Crazy!" Emily and I said in unison as Ziv and Hila told us that the mall was open from 8pm to 10pm Saturday nights. They

Last time I was in Israel, it was part of a Birthright Israel trip. Birthright is a program funded by numerous Jewish donors around the

“They’re just babies….” I thought as I looked at the off-duty soldiers as they got off a bus in Tel Aviv. Unlike when I was