Last night was our second “Crossing the Street 2” series with the Islamic Center of Boston. The program with Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni has been fun and tremendously insightful – he is such a knowledgeable and generous spirit and it is such pleasure learning with him.
One illustrative moment...
Once in a while you can get inspiration from the strangest of places.
If you were wondering all the great Talmud minds of the generation have gone, go to Sports Radio. I love listening to sports call-in shows. There you will find the American intellect (really!) with all its incredible...
Looking forward to tomorrow evening, the first installment of our "Crossing the Street 2" series with my friend Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni of the Islamic Center of Boston.
We started this series two years ago - conversations with me and Dr. Lazzouni and lots of questions and answers from the...
One of the most emotional moments for me on this visit to Israel was buying Tefillin for my son Avi, who becomes a Bar Mitzvah on Shabbat Chukat/June 15, 2013.
We bought them on the Cardo in the Old City of Jerusalem. Years ago I had purchased a set of Tefillin for a friend from an...
This one's mine to write, as the group has already traveled home and I'm reflecting on what we've accomplished in the past 10 days.
Our second Shabbat was spent with old friends in Haifa. Whenever we come to Or Hadash, our "sister congregation" here, they roll out the red carpet...
As the trip winds down, we reach the final leg of our journey: Haifa and the northern coast. Casey Friedman, a 4th grader at Shir Tikva, documents our journey from the desert to the north, with a few essential stops along the way...
Today we started off with a long bus ride...
A joint effort - this post on Tuesday's adventures is from the Friedman family: Allison, Andy, Alex (Grade 7) and Casey (Grade 4). We head south and west from Jerusalem, first to the archaelogical excavations at Beit Guvrin, and then south into the Negev. Next stop was Kibbutz Sdeh Boker, where...
Our expedition day from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and Masada. Rachel Dolgov, a student at Indiana University, is here with her parents Doug and Mona, and her brother Scott (grade 10). The history and the desert are absolutely sublime. Several of us read Alice Hoffman's novel "The Dovekeepers...
Our time in the desert was wonderful. Personally, I find the desert to be a remarkable spiritual and profound place. There's a reason that the Hebrew word for desert - midbar - is connected to the words for "word" - davar - and "speaking" - midaber. The midrash...
Small technical glitch so I'm posting Friday's blog entry a day late. This one is from Isaac Gorelik, grade 7, who is on his second trip to Israel with me. What a wonderful group of people we have to share this amazing adventure together. Another whirlwind day comes and goes, and more incredible...
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