Yad Vashem
On Sunday, we boarded the bus and headed to Yad Vashem. As I was boarding the bus, I was already anticipating it to be a difficult and somber day as we would be studying the history of the Holocaust. As we entered the museum, our tour guide informed us of the meaning of the word […]
A Dip in the Dead Sea
Finally! I took the famous float in the Dead Sea. While I was floating around with hands and feet in the air, I found myself thinking about my first grade class this past year. We studied solids, liquids, and non-Newtonian fluids. We read a Dr. Seuss book about Oobleck which turned out to be both […]
Looking forward and back at the same time…
So as we get closer to the end of the trip, I want to take a minute to reflect on some of the things that we have seen and done. It’s not every day that I get to walk the worn smooth roads of Jerusalem, climb Masada, AND see the Dead Sea. Ok, so that […]
Ride The Cable Car at Masada
Here is a speeded up ride up to Mesada. http://youtu.be/UpdPnbyRJKs
Shabbos Kodesh in Yerushalayim
Singers sing about it, poets rhapsodize, artists and sculptors try to capture it. People from all over the world long for it, think of it, remember it at their most supreme moments. It is majesty, it is beauty. It is ancient, it is modern. It is mysterious and accessible and holy and crowded […]
Last Day In Jerusalem Pictures
The day started with a visit to Mt. Herzl, Israel’s national military cemetery, then is was off to Yad Vashem. We then went to the old city’s Jewish Quarter and entered thru the Zion Gate. Explored the narrow streets and then toured the excavations at the Jerusalem National Archeological Park and the southern wall […]
Jerusalem – Nourishment of Soul and Stomach
This morning we drove two and a half hours and were rewarded with our first glimpse of the city of Jerusalem. Our first stop was the City of David. After successfully making our way to the bottom of the sight without anyone falling, we split into two groups, where half of us chose to slosh […]
Tower of David Light Show
We went as a group tonight to the Tower of David Museum in the old city. The program was spectacular however you probably really have to be on your best Biblical timeline to piece it all together. The walls of the Citadel serve as a stage for a nightime show which is a celebration of sight […]