Aliyah Blog 98: Winter River in The Judean Hills
Introduction Though hard to believe, I’ve read it and heard it enough times to believe that during most all of the year, this place is completely dry: Does that look dry to you? What...
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Aliyah Blog 97: Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls)
Barely Relevant Information Says this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Fb-SJ9v0M – I’m the type of person who likes experiences over group activities. Rather than being the type who feels some sort of connection to guys running...
Aliyah Blog 96: Jerusalem Winter Lights Festival
Comparisons You could find something like this in America, though Israel is so much more condensed that you can find it all nearby. Plus, the general population in America isn’t necessarily the most smiley...
Aliyah Blog 95: Finding Obscure Products
Introduction Short answer: Amazon, Aliexpress – maybe KSP … or otherwise you best know exactly what store to find it in, and where it is. Having a cat like curiosity to explore everywhere, I’m...
Aliyah Blog 93: Cultural Centers
Heichal HaTarbut – cultural centers If you’re going to do Hellenism the night after Chanukah ends, do it right. Twelve ‘international’ pianists were on stage playing together with distinctly Israeli names. Some of them...
Aliyah Blog 92: Hula Nature Reserve (and other travels up North)
Traveling on Chanukah “Countdown until self-destruction: 10, 9, 8, 7, 5 …” “What happened to 6?” “Just kidding … 6, 5 …” I skipped from 91 to 93 in the last blog entry so...
Aliyah Blog 93: Old Yafo (Jaffa)
The plan On a very rainy day, I searched for an indoor activity for my I-try-to-go-somewhere-new-one-a-week trip. That landed me at the Ilana Goor museum in Jaffa … I was supposed to go to...
Aliyah Blog 91: Oil Changes and Pizza
My car threatens me with lights and buzzers Car: “I will automatically self-destruct unless you change your oil soon. Me: “Phfft. I don’t believe you. You’ve traveled 12,500 miles and you said I only...
Aliyah Blog 90: Ramla. Arabs.
Some Background about Ramla The title is a bit of click bait. Ramla is another one of those places that is off the tourist map though if you had to find an exact geographic...
Aliyah Diary #89: Idiosyncrasies number 2
See Diary entry 55 – Idiosyncrasies #1 from the prior July for more. Black Friday Israelis generally have no idea what the Thanksgiving holiday is about. They have no idea why the day after...