The previous post about ritual immersion in Israel raises some interesting questions. It implies that Reform and Conservative Jews are systematically barred from using Mikvehs, or ritual baths, in...
Author - ck
Taglit-birthright israel set to announce the identity of 100,000th participant
As we await the news with bated breath… This Wednesday, 10:30 am at the Israeli Consulate in New York, Taglit-birthright israel will reveal to the world who the 100,000th participant on their...
Days 6 and 7 – Jewlicious Trip
Day 6 of the trip started off at 3 am when we left the Bedouin camp in order to climb Massada. With daytime temperatures in the high 90’s, it’s usually best to make the climb (and very...
Shabbat Shalom from Taglit birthright-israel, Oranim and Jewlicious
This is the view from the 8th floor of the Novotel Hotel which straddles Meah Shearim and East Jerusalem. It shows the Hebrew University of Jerusalem out in the distance atop Mt. Scopus. We will be...
Jewlicious Trip – Days 4 and 5
On our trip we have a couple of people from the University of Wisconsin. They have taken it upon themselves to respond to a certain poster for Jewlicious who left comments they didn’t like...
Jewlicious Trip – What is it? Day Three or something?
Today we spent the day in the Golan. Here we see Ofer showing us how close we are to Syria and Lebanon on a hill overlooking the border region. The strategic importance of the region was underscored...
Day Two – Jewlicious Israel Trip – Part 2
Later in the afternoon, we visited the city of Safed, the epicenter of Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah. Here we see ck posing with some cute kids who wanted to have their pictures taken – laya...
Day Two – Jewlicious Israel Trip – Part 1
A standard part of every Taglit birthright-israel trip is the “Shehechyanu” ceremony. After getting up at 7:00 am, we had breakfast and then drove to the Bahai Gardens on Mt. Carmel in...