I know, I know. I’m a bit late to the posting party. Michael already opened the series about our Oranim / Taglit-birthright israel / Jewlicious bus (Oranim #466) perfectly. If I were that kind...
Category - Free Trip to Israel
A free trip to Israel is your Birthright
Jewlicious Israel Trip Round 2 Begins Tomorrow
If you’re anything like me, and chances are you’re not, you’ve probably wondered to yourself, “Self, what do you think happens when you take one world-class misanthrope and...
birthright Blogging
[Have I mentioned how much I hate the fact that the official spelling for “birthright” is a lowercase letter? It’s just wrong, I tell you. That said…] The Jerusalem Post has a...
Taglit-birthright Unblugged
“If they find out about going to Palestine I’ll get booted off” That was the germane part of the email sent by one prospective Taglit-birthright israel participant to her worried...
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...