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Nachlaot
Nachlaot is one of Jerusalem’s most interesting areas. A cluster of neighborhoods in the center of the city, Nachlaot is characterized by...
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Aug 3, 20242 min read


Watching Michelle oversee a renovation In Nachlaot, Jerusalem
I've never seen an architect and a contractor at work renovating an apartment in Jerusalem before. This was a very small apartment of...
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Rabbi Dovid Mordecai Now a practicing Israeli Lawyer
Dovid and I studied together in Rabbinical School. He then went to Law School with his daughter who is now doing a PhD in Law at Yale...
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Aug 3, 20241 min read


Dr. Nachman Shai the Dean of Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem
We had a chance to say hello and I was very surprised he knew who I was. There have been about 150 graduates of the HUC-JIR program in...
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Rabbi David Azoulay of YOZMA in Modiin
We believe that the community framework enhances social, spiritual and educational activities for families and individuals. Community...
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Hebrew Union College Saturday morning services
Below is one of the aliyot. According to one of the entering students I sat with at lunch, there are 13 entering Rabbinical students who...
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Aug 1, 20242 min read


Ein Kerem village
"Ein Kerem is a charming hillside village famed for its centuries-old holy sites. These include the Church of St. John the Baptist,...
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Abu Ghosh
During the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and into the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the road to Jerusalem was blocked for Jews, as...
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Posing with an Israeli Biker Friend
We saw a small group of Israeli bikers, and I asked if one of them would pose with me. We ate at Bar Bahar Restaurant. "HIgh in the...
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Aug 1, 20241 min read


Betar Ilit -- A Haredi Yishuv on the other side of the Green Line
On Facebook, Harold mentioned that a small part of Beitar Ilit is within the Green Line. Beitar Illit (Hebrew: בֵּיתָר עִלִּית;...
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Jul 31, 20242 min read


Tzur Hadassah on the Green Line
On Friday, David and Michelle took me on a tour of the area. Our first stop was Tzur Hadassah which is where David's daughter lives with...
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Benjamin Sommer on "the Psalms of Crisis"
This was a small seminar in the late afternoon.. The lecturer went through a small number of the Psalms that he calls Psalms of crisis...
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Jul 31, 20241 min read


Yossi Klein Halevi on Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
This was my favorite lecture of the entire program. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem....
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Jul 31, 20241 min read


The Amen Effect by Rabbi Sharon Brous
From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful...
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Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg -- The 3 Great Eras in Jewish History
Rabbi Greenberg addressing our group: "In retrospect, we can see that in all of Jewish history, there have been two grand fusions of...
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West Valley temple hosts religious school open house
Submitted photo/Lori Baker Mariane Anderson, religious school director Posted Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1:59 pm Temple Beth Shalom of the...
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