Navigating Sin City
For anyone in southern California, Las Vegas is a staple party town once you turn the big 2-1, when drinking and gambling is suddenly legal! With its constant entertainment and craziness, Vegas is…
The Wondering Jew: The hunt for the great white job
A few weeks ago I started thinking seriously about the future and how to best get myself into the job market. The thought of the endless application forms and cover letters sends shivers…
‘Sacrifice is the Israeli way’. One student’s account of her moving tour of Sderot
No matter how many Israel Day parades we may have attended, coins we have dropped in a JNF charity box, or times we have sung Hatikva, as diaspora Jews our connection to Israel…
Who is the Wondering Jew?
Over the last few days I have been extremely busy working on an essay for university. It’s the first of my final four essays before I have officially finished the course work for…
The Wondering Jew: Virtual reality
I was so excited about finally meeting her; it felt like I had known her for ever. Though we had only met once and I couldn’t even remember the sound of her voice,…
VLOG: Rallies, Rabin and Raichel on Workshop SixtyFun
Plenty of eyebrow action as Leo takes to the streets, does up Halloween, catches Idan Raichel and much, much more. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in Masa’s…
VLOG: Invasion of the HaBos on Workshop SixtyFun
As 130 Habonim Dror flood the Kinneret, spunky fresh Leo films the ensuing mayhem and madness. Leo Robinovitch is a JewliciousU intern who is in Israel participating in Masa’s gap year program, Workshop…
The Wondering Jew: Beating the post-holiday blues
As we are crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the last time this summer, I am sifting through the blur of places, people and experiences, trying to extract as many life lessons as I…
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…
Be an angel for Yom Kippur
For the first time in my life, I am actually looking forward to fasting on Yom Kippur. I will be staying at my dorms in the Old City with the rest of the…
The Wondering Jew: Rosh Hashana pondering at the gate
As I sit at the gate waiting to board the flight concluding our trip to South America, I once again find the urge to write. Airports are conducive to writing, presumably because being…
