Haifa
- Archaeology, Cincinnati, Fiddler on the Roof, Haifa, High Holidays, Israel, Jaffa, Mediterranean Sea, Museums, New York, She'ar Yashuv, Simchat Torah, Synagogues, Tel Dan, Tel Hadid, Tiberias, Tu B'Av, Tzfat, Yiddish
Double the Motherlands, Double the Summer!
Let’s end the high holidays with a bang, shall we? First, I want to tell you about the end of my time in Israel. My family (dad, sister, and I) returned to Neve…
- Agriculture, Archaeology, Beach, Dead Sea, Family, Galilee, Haifa, Hiking, IDF, Israel, Jerusalem, Museums, Music, Negev, Synagogues, Tel Aviv, Tel Gezer, Tel Hadid, Travel, Tzippori
Milk & Honey & Torah & Harvest
My family’s been in Israel long enough that I don’t remember a time when we weren’t wandering the trails through old crusader buildings, vineyards and olive groves, passing bus stops throughout our small…
- Academia, Archaeology, Bible, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Friends, Haifa, Homeland, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Midrash, Mishnah, PhD, Talmud, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan, Tel Gezer, Travel
Back to the Land
A short update from a long year (hence the void of posts – sometime I will get through a full Torah cycle): In a week, I will have completed my Ph.D. coursework. How…
- Abraham, Archaeology, Carmel, Dead Sea, Ein Hod, Galilee, Haifa, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Mamshit, Mediterranean Sea, Mosaics, Museums, Negev, Second Temple Period, Synagogues, Temple Mount, Zipper
From the Mountains to Below the Sea (Level) // From the South to the North
Saturday was a nice Shabbat in Jerusalem. I spent the morning at Landwer’s Cafe with shakshuka, a mocha, and S.Y. Agnon’s short stories. In the afternoon we visited my professor’s apartment for a…