Patience and Promise
So, I should be working on the millions of things I have to do before my upcoming Birthright and guiding trips, but I heard a…
Page 2 of 2
Olim L’Har Hertzl
As we go through the season of the counting of the Omer, there are several Holidays/Remembrance days that are celebrated. We feel the depths of…
You Can’t Take it With You
In honor of the start of October and spooky Halloween stories, I have a post about cemeteries - and not just any cemetery, but the…
Grandparents
Grandparents - fascinating entities. If we take the time to look into their lives and their world, we can't help but to be enchanted and…
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…
The Buck Stops Here
My most recent Places in Your Neighborhood trip took me to Ashdod. Ashdod has a few really nice sites from several periods of history but…
Iyyar in Ashdod
I hope you all had a relaxing Pesach and were able to do a bit of touring. This month, Iyar, I want to focus on…
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…
Rubies and Sapphires
I want to start my blog with a story. A long time ago, a rabbi from the Land of Israel went to Eastern Europe to…
Israel by Leiah 