Chalk Talk
Wanna work long hours? Get dirty, burn yourself on candles, lightbulbs? Work in the pouring rain and the heat of Israel summer? Have access to…
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Beautiful Be’eri Badlands
Maybe because I grew up some years in South Dakota, I am attracted to places which call themselves "Badlands". A few weeks ago on a…
Ramle
Today, I had another Places in Your Neighborhood trip - this month, to Ramle. We all met by the Interior Ministry local office in the…
Squeezing the Last Bit out of Winter
I know, I know, I keep writing about the weather, but this winter has been crazy. It is March 17 and I haven't used the…
Touch the Divine
As you turn off of the main road in the Moslem Quarter, Rechov HaGai, a sudden stillness fills the air. You can hear yourself think…
Why settle in Binyamin?
Funny how in life, some things preshadow others and some things wrap back around on themselves. Last week, I had a few interesting, different days which, brought…
Rain, Rain
I grew up with the song:Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day, Little Johnny wants to play, Rain, rain, go away! Living in…
Breathing in the Bromide
This week took me once again to the Dead Sea for another Places in Your Neighborhood trip to Lido, Qumran and Einot Tzukim. This week…
Dead Sea Closed for Business
At the beginning of this year I started a touring group of people from my community. What I had observed is probably what happens in…
The Snowy Day
In honor of the snow which is forecast for Jerusalem this weekend.... Pinhas Rutenberg died in January 1942. Attended by Zionist leaders such as Moshe…
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