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Posted on May 31, 2015May 31, 2015

TEDx Jerusalem Women?

On Friday I went to a taping of a TEDx Women's event in Jerusalem. I looked forward to the event for weeks, being a fan…

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Posted on April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

Sirens

Today, Israel stopped for 2 minutes for a siren.  Every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, sirens sound at 10:00 a.m.  Cars on the roads pull…

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Posted on July 1, 2014July 1, 2014

Three Boys

In my family, we hitchhike. In my family, we pick up hitchhikers. We ask for and receive help from random people we meet. We belong…

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Posted on April 12, 2014April 12, 2014

Silence

We are coming up to the holiday of Passover.  And it occurs to me that my life over the last few years has a lot…

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Posted on August 18, 2013August 18, 2013

The Most Daring Thing

"My servant, Moses, is dead. Prepare to cross the Jordan, together with all this people, into the land that I am giving to Bnei Israel." …

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Posted on January 25, 2013January 25, 2013

Bringing Sites to People

One thing that you learn in the Tour Guide course is where things are. We all dutifully write down exact directions on how to get…

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Posted on September 1, 2012September 8, 2012

Tell Me a Story….

Being a tour guide is not only amassing facts and understanding the history, science, topography and ideas of a place, it is also about being…

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Posted on June 13, 2012September 3, 2012

Good News!

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much…

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Posted on May 3, 2012September 3, 2012

Please Pass the Eggplant

Eggplants have been a part of the diet in Israel for a long time, but they are not indigenous to this part of the world. …

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Posted on March 24, 2012September 3, 2012

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…

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