Jerusalem
- 5784, Aaron, Archaeology, Bell, Birthday, Clothing, Colors, Exodus, Forty, Garments, Hezekiah's Tunnel, Israel, Jerusalem, Old City, Parsha, Pomegranates, Priests, Shemot, Tetzaveh
Ringing the Birthday Bells
Today, as I enter my fifth decade of life, the adorning details of the Tabernacle continue in Parashat Tetzaveh, now describing how those who serve in the Tabernacle are to dress. On my…
- 5779, Amoraim, Annual Cycle, Bereshit, Comprehensive Exams, Creativity, Galilee, Growth, HUC, Jerusalem, Komps Kaos, Parsha, Rabbis, Second Temple Period, Tannaim, Torah, Yavne
Restart
Bereshit…that’s how we know it’s time to restart the Torah cycle, to begin a renewed year of growth, learning, and creating. This year already, I feel like I’ve needed several of them! Last…
- 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…
- Archaeology, Bagels, Beach, Cincinnati, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Food, Kibbutz, Museums, Music, New York, Shabbat, Shakshuka, Synagogues, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan, Travel
If Dan’s Walls Could Talk…
The last two weeks of our Tel Dan dig brought many new faces and the quick removal of a lot more dirt in Area T1 (near the High Place, where I was working).…
- Archaeology, Galilee, Golan Heights, Hiking, HUC, Israel, Jerusalem, Kibbutz, Museums, Shabbat, Synagogues, Talmud, Tel Aviv, Tel Dan
Getting Into Digging
Tuesday morning, 5 July, we met our professor and tour guide at HUC. From there we drove to Ramla, considered by several people the most important medieval Islamic site. We climbed a huge…
- 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…
- Archaeology, Family, German Colony, History, HUC, Hummus, Jerusalem, Machane Yehudah, Museums, Old City, Shabbat, Shakshuka, Shul, Tachanah, Tel Aviv
Shabbat in Jerusalem (x2)
Yeah, yeah, I know – it’s been too long. While my dad and sister were here, I let them take the pictures and post the detailed blogs. My sister’s picture are on Facebook.…
- Elijah, Gadol, Haftorah, Haggadah, Hebrew, Jerusalem, Liturgy, Malachi, Messiah, Nisan, Parsha, Pesach, Petition, Praise, Prayer, Return, Seder, Shabbat, Spring
The Greatest Shabbos of 5776
Tonight is Shabbat haGadol – the Great Shabbat, the Shabbat that falls just before Pesach. I guess that means this year is doubly great, since Pesach falls on Shabbos, too! Weeks of excitement…
