Israeli Singers Should You Be Jammin’ Out To!
When I was a teenager, I participated in a lot of the teen events of the JCC. It’s how I…
When I was a teenager, I participated in a lot of the teen events of the JCC. It’s how I…
I remember when I was a teenager I would go to the Rochester JCC every month to watch the monthly…
Passports are not necessarily an item we think about on a day-to-day basis. But they are incredibly important in understanding…
There are many different views of what graffiti means in society—some people disapprove of the graffiti on the walls of…
The holiday of Sigd is an Ethiopian Jewish holiday that became a national Israeli holiday in 2008. It takes place…
When many people think of Israeli food, they think of falafel, shawarma, and hummus. And all of those dishes are…
Today we remember the 23rd anniversary of Yitzchak Rabin’s assassination. Israel commemorates the date on the Hebrew calendar’s date, which…
Rosh HaShanah has passed. So have the ten days of repentance between then and today, Yom Kippur, or the Day…
It is now Jewish New Year 2018! Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year, and it is celebrated around the…
This year is a big year in Israeli history. It is Israel’s 70th Independence Day, the 70- year anniversary of…
Hebron is one of four holy cities in Judaism, along with Tzfat, Tiberias, and Jerusalem. Many can forget the city’s…
The 2016 Olympic in Rio De Janero ended not too long ago, so I want to take the opportunity to…
If you've ever been to Israel, you might have noticed that there is very little water-- very, very LITTLE water!…
Tisha B'Av, or the ninth day of the month of Av, is one of five fast days in the Jewish…
Israel is filled with museums addressing topics ranging from history to archeology to science to politics. You can spend hours…
Tel Aviv is an AMAZING place to visit in the summer. The city is a cultural center of Israel that…
The Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish sports competition, began this weekend. The Games occur every four years, and began in…
Many people in North America and Europe are familiar with the BDS movement. The movement was founded in July 2005…
Yesterday, we celebrated Flag Day 2017 in the United States. The day celebrates adaption of the U.S. flag on June…
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary since the Six Day War of 1967. The war was an intense fight between…
Today is the beginning of Shavuot 2017! Shavuot is the second of three pilgrimage (Passover and Shavuot) festivals to Jerusalem.…
Israel is a country holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The Muslim population is the largest population in the country,…
Today we celebrate Lag B'Omer, the thirty- third day of the Omer, a period of forty- nine days between the…
A few weeks ago I ran the Ashdod Night Run. There were two races—one a 2K (1.25 miles), and the…
Israel's Independence Hall is the place where the Jewish leadership declared Israel an independent, modern Jewish state! It was an…
Today is Israeli Independence Day, Yom HaAtzmaut, is celebrated. It is a day full of celebrations, joy, and remembering the importance…
Yom HaZikaron is Israel's Memorial Day. It remembers soldiers who fell during their military services, and those killed in terrorist…
Archeology is a thriving industry and part of Israel. That makes sense because it is an ancient area in the…
What was the Holocaust? Today we mark the Israeli national day we remember the Holocaust, or Shoah in Hebrew, which…
As you may imagine (or maybe experienced), Israel is a hot country. Agriculture in Israel is not something you may…
Mimouna 2017, the North African Jewish celebration welcoming the Messiah With Passover having ended, there are many different ways to celebrate the…
Passover 2017 is starting tonight. It is a week off from school and for many jobs here in Israel. It’s…
We have now started a new year, marking new beginnings, new chapters, and new times. It is customary to look…
Christmas is one of the most important holidays in the Christian calendar. The second major holiday is Easter celebrated in…
With Hanukkah starting soon, I want to talk about something very important to me. It’s a sort of campaign I…
It may be easy for us to think that we know about the Israeli Political System. It began after the…
For the past couple months, I’ve written about the waves of immigration, or aliyot, to Israel. It began with the…
If you’re up-to-date on my blog, then you know I’ve been spending some time writing about all the different aliyot,…
Before Israel was established, there were five waves of Jewish immigration. The First Aliyah began in 1882, and the Fifth…
There were five major waves of Jewish immigration before the State of Israel was born. We’ve talked about them before.…
Dear Shimon Peres, As the nation, and the world, says "Good-bye Mr. President" I want to share with you some thoughts…
When we look at Israeli society today, it can be easy to think how all of it got started, from…
Today we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, the holiday of the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It comes…
An aliyah to Israel is when someone, or a group of people, move to the land of Israel. Before Israel…
Before the State of Israel was born, there were five major waves of Jewish immigration to the land. Each wave…
When we talk about events like a major wave of Jewish immigration to the land of Israel, it is easy…
There are many stories of Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror. They may not be with us today, yet…
The Jewish Birthright trip is a special trip to Israel that has a lot of people talking. The organization brings…
In honor of International Women's Day I want to write about women in Israel. Israel has a lot to learn from…