Aliyah 101: Tel Aviv Downtown
Introduction Well, looks like I’m not stopping at 100 entries. Finally, I went to Tel Aviv for something that wasn’t an airport, concert, doctor, beach, museum, relative … or … I think I covered...
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Aliyah 100: Mazkeret Batya & Winery
Introduction Readership is going down lately as I become more normalized and less, “what on earth is going on here” to my new surroundings. Now it just feels normal to find something completely different...
Aliyah Blog 99: I was wrong (and 21 other fun facts)
Waterproof Socks In the last blog entry, I timidly wrote about my waterproof socks. Some in my extended family made fun of me and I thought no one else would wear such a thing....
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...
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...