It’s so cold in Minnesota right now…(True facts to indicate how cold it is ( Read more... )

A friend of mine said something interesting to me recently. He said, "Joe, you're the happiest person I know." I've been thinking about that, and I began to think about all my friends. I have a friend whose cousin was shot to death by a gang in his own house. He lost his own family's house when they couldn't afford to pay the rent, and is now ( Read more... )

I wasn't planning on continuing my Livejournal until I returned to studying in Israel in Mid-February. But since everyone's always asking me all the time to continue doing it here in Minnesota, I guess I'll comply ( Read more... )

I've beeen saving a private entry for the last entry of this half of the year, before I return to the United States for two months. I'm going to mention something here, because I think it's funny and I didn't mention it in the private entry: IN Jerusalem, me and David S. hailed a cab, it came over, and the cab driver said something like; "Hi, how ( Read more... )

I'm leaving in a little while for the old city of Jerusalem, where I will spend the weekend and the first day of Chanuka, which starts tonight. I wish every Jewish person who's reading this a very Happy Chanuka ( Read more... )

Me, the two Davids, and Neil were all staying in Be'er Sheva over the weekend, so together we made a fantastic Shabbat meal in my room. I'm really proud of what we were able to do in the time we had to make it all, it was very good food ( Read more... )

Anyway, I went on another arcaheology trip on Friday. We went to a site where an intense battle between the Assyrians and the Judeans occured, long before the days of the Macabbis. The Assyrians wrote about how hard it was to defeat the Jews at this spot. The Judean town was located on a large hill, with a trench surrounding it, and two gates ( Read more... )

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Since my last entry I went to "the Forum." Israeli clubs are so kool, and the place was packed. I danced with some girls,(each one was, at minimum, age 22) and partied til close to 3am. Israeli girls are so very very hot, I don't quite understand it ( Read more... )

Here's a summary of all the roommates I've had to date here ( Read more... )