Aliyah Diary 35: Mitzpe Ramon & Ein Avdat
No School Wednesday The Bible says “six days a week you shall work” so Israel’s only full workday off is Saturday. America has two full days off, while in true Israeli fashion, the consistency...
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Aliyah Diary 34: Finding Obscure Products in Israel
Hairdryer For My Earbuds To my wife, “Where can I find a hair dryer?” She responds with some joke about how I don’t have enough hair for that. (While my brother insists that hair...
Aliyah Diary 30: Visit from My Son in America
. . . continued from the last blog post. It was about four months since I saw my son back in America. When he finally came, we made sure to show him a good...
Aliyah Diary 28: Yarkon River Tel Aviv Judaism
Introduction As a college student, at the interview with an Orthodox Rabbi with the big black yarmulke, I asked if we’d visit Tel Aviv. He said, nah, it’s just like an American city …...
Aliyah Diary 26 Dead Sea Beer and Ice Cream
Taking Thursday and Friday Off At around diary entry 20 I thought it was time to wrap things up – things were getting more commonplace over here. A little over a month later and...
Aliyah Diary 20: Tel Aviv Art Museum
Introduction The time came to visit somewhere North of Ben Gurion airport for the first time since I moved to Israel. To the right of me are secular communities. To the left of me...
Phoenix / Scottsdale Arizona Kosher Vacation
Introduction “You are going to Arizona – are you going to the Grand Canyon?” “Well, the Jewish community in Scottsdale is near the only major airport in the area. It’s a 4.5 hr drive...
Long Branch, NJ Kosher Vacation (Pier Village)
Introduction There is something unique about a group of people who do not know each other that find places for vacation, the commonality being their religious practice. Is this a synagogue retreat, the way...
Boston, Massachusetts – 2023 Kosher Vacation
Introduction This is actually my third post about Boston as I have family in the area so I am there every so often. Also see: Boston Kosher Vacation Basics and Boston Vacation – Where...
Spain – Kosher Vacation
by Yehoshua Feigin Madrid & Toledo Madrid is a city that truly comes alive at night, with dangling lights above wide boulevards and a thriving bar and restaurant scene. There is a youthful vibe...