Categories

A sample text widget

Etiam pulvinar consectetur dolor sed malesuada. Ut convallis euismod dolor nec pretium. Nunc ut tristique massa.

Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. Morbi orci magna, tincidunt vitae molestie nec, molestie at mi. Nulla nulla lorem, suscipit in posuere in, interdum non magna.

Wait…it’s been two months already?!

Well, I am done with my internship (as are most of you others, I know). And that is another thing that I can add to my list of things I will miss from this trip. I must admit, I was a little bit surprised to recognize nostalgia growing within me as the day wore on. […]

Tsfat for Shabbat

A few weeks ago I went to Tsfat for Shabbat. It was a last-minute trip; plans were finalized literally on the bus there. Speaking of the bus ride, let me talk a little bit about this wonderful Friday afternoon experience. Since we didn’t plan very much ahead of time, we caught the last bus to […]

Yemin Moshe

One of the most well-loved services provided by the center is the “adoptive families” program. Through this program, lone soldiers are connected with a family, a couple, or a single “adoptive” parent who would like to host one or more soldiers for shabbat. Most of the adoptive families in Jerusalem live in Yemin Moshe.

A […]

Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Yesterday, I was walking up HaNevi’im when I passed Ethiopia Street. I remembered seeing a crowd on their way to a wedding last month, so I made a left onto the street to try and find the church.

The church is midway down the street, with the front gates on the right side. Raised above […]

Smithies, Jerusalem

The other day, I met up with a Smithie who had returned home to Jerusalem for a bit. It was great to amble about the streets of her city; I kept repeating that I “couldn’t believe that she was in Jerusalem”, which obviously was not really my phrase to utter, seeing as it’s her that […]

The 188th Crybaby Brigade

I haven’t laughed so hard since I read Running with Scissors. In his memoir, Joel Chasnoff tells the tale of a U.S. lone soldier volunteering for the IDF, or the story of how “a skinny Jewish kid from Chicago fights Hezbollah.” Joel Chasnoff, author and stand-up comedian, presents the good and the bad of army […]

Family History

Today, I went to the Mount of Olives with my boss in search of a tombstone of her grandfather and great-grandparents. Most of the scanning of the old documents I’m doing are from these 3 people (the Palestine and Kosher Wine blog was about these people, if I have my generational math correct). Anyways, we […]

Don’t wanna stay, don’t wanna go

At different points during the day, I feel like we’re inching towards August 1st, at other points, we’re speeding so quickly. I cannot believe our time here is just about done. While I loved my internship, I’m very happy to be done. I can’t wait to go home and feel like, for the first time […]

No sea for you

I was really bummed that I didn’t get to go on the trip to take the bedouin kids to the sea. I’ve been extra bitter about it because the girls who help out at the summer camp I work at keep asking for us to arrange a trip for their kids too. 1. I don’t […]

fast cars

Today was my last day at camp and…I’m like totally experiencing extreme separation anxiety. I realize I haven’t actually been posting much about the camp but I think that’s mostly because, why would I reflect academically on such a good thing? I’ve worked with little kids before, but I’ve never had this much control over […]