Travel

Shmulik and Mushkie go to Kathmandu

June 8, 2012

Shmulik and Mushkie in top left and bottom right. Chezkie and Chani in the other squares. What a resemblance! (From collive.com) Shmulik and Mushkie are not the kind of protagonists you usually see on Israeli television. The newly married Chabad couple are all set to begin their shlichut (emissary period) in Brussels when a last minute change […]

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Emek Tzurim Park: a Hidden Treasure in Jerusalem

April 17, 2012

The beginning point of Emek Tzurim File this one in the “who knew?” department. During the intermediary days of Passover, my wife and I had the opportunity to join a guided tour through the Tzurim Valley that begins at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University and ends at the Dung Gate entrance to the Old City, […]

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The Most Memorable Seder

April 10, 2012

Chabad Kathmandu As an early icebreaker just before we began to read from the Passover Haggadah Friday night, my wife Jody asked the assembled family and guests to name their most memorable Seder. For me, there was no question. Exactly one year ago, our family was sitting in a luxurious ballroom at the Yak and […]

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Canadian Cop

March 6, 2012

Toronto’s Pearson Airport The woman at the rental car agency desk at Toronto’s Pearson Airport eyed my Israeli driver’s license suspiciously. She looked at the laminated card, then up at me, then back and forth several times. “You’re going to have a problem if a policeman pulls you over,” she finally said, explaining her hesitation. […]

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Snow-tubing!

March 1, 2012

Snow-tubing in Canada…is Israel next? We were all ready for snow in Jerusalem a couple of weeks back, but there was none in the end. Now snow is back in the weather for Friday, and I’ve already seen a few flurries today. But, after a week in Toronto, where we just were for a family […]

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You Got Chocolate in My Wine! No, You Got Wine in My Chocolate!

January 19, 2012

Wine and chocolate at Tishbi I’m a big fan of wine tastings. And an even bigger fan of chocolate. So when I had the opportunity to visit the new Tishbi tasting center, which combines both wine and gourmet imported French chocolate, my interest was piqued. Moreover, my palette was proud of yet another Israeli innovation, […]

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FOMO at the Dead Sea

November 22, 2011

FOMO or not, the kids had a great time at the Dead Sea When I was ten, my parents planned a trip for the family to Disneyland. But a few days before we were set to leave, my father got sick – it was a cold or a flu, nothing serious, but still, the trip […]

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Train Construction Ahead

November 8, 2011

Posing in Tunnel 3A When our kids were young, we had a videotape they used to love called “Road Construction Ahead” which was all about, well, road construction. It featured hard hats, tractors and lots of concrete. The truth is, I loved it too – I’m a nut when it comes to anything in the […]

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Sunk Costs on the Road to Tel Aviv

November 3, 2011

Traffic along the Ayalon Highway The evening was intended to be a gala celebration of the partnership between Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. 400 Angelenos, in Israel on a Federation mission, along with another several hundred local Anglos of Angeleno-descent, filled the Smolarz Hall on the Tel Aviv University campus. There was a program planned […]

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Art in Umm el-Fahem

October 26, 2011

Ammar Younis has an exhibit at the Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery We visited one of Israel’s most unusual museums last week. The Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, in the Israeli Arab town of the same name, is a small gem, way off the usual museum track, and absolutely worth the visit if you’re traveling between Tel […]

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