The Masada mystique
The last time I had attempted to climb up the historical mountain of Masada, I had failed miserably. I was on my senior trip and it was the last day of touring before…
Treading water in Jerusalem
I soak in the noises surrounding me. A clamorous tractor pulling garbage away, a hammer banging at a new construction site, children playing in the square. Once in a while an Israeli man…
Occupying global citizenship
Saturday, October 29th, marked my second attendance to a protest in Israel. I cannot describe it, however, before discussing my first protest, for both experiences are intertwined. Their content was the same, and…
VLOG: Workshop SixtyFun does chagim
Leo’s hair isn’t the only thing going wild in this installment of Workshop SixtyFun! Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in Masa’s gap year program, Workshop 61, which…
Sukkot and the swinging pa’ot pendulum of haredi impressions
I have never seen so many pa’ot in my life. Stepping off the 72 bus at Mea She’arim, I felt like I was in another world. It wasn’t just the sheer number of…
Transition [tran-zish-uhn]: passage, or change from one stage to another
Transitioning to living in Israel has had its fair share of ups and downs. Obvious, yet still noteworthy, are the physical changes I’ve noticed. The evergreens and oaks of Connecticut have stayed home,…
Mind the gap
I will be spending the 2011-2012 academic year in Israel, traveling the country, volunteering and learning to live communally with others in a program sponsored by the progressive Zionist youth movement, Habonim Dror….
