Who needs birthright Israel? This is actually pretty clever: It seems the Jerusalem Municipality has set up mp3 tour guides that you can download, along with map routes to print out, and then you can give yourself a free tour of Jerusalem.

I haven't tried it yet, but I'd love to hear if it's good.

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Volunteering

I'm a bit tired of always saying how good it would be to volunteer 'round these parts. Since I've been here, my newspaper has delivered the disengagement, Kassams in Sederot, Katyushas and war in the North, and Kassams in Sederot.

We went down to Sederot today to volunteer with Lev Echad, which is an organization started to help ( Read more... )

So, Nefesh b'Nefesh is collecting olim's top 12 favorite things about Israel, eh? Hmm ( Read more... )

I was in the mood for local stuff on the sherut back to Jerusalem, which today meant a hit of Hadag Nachash. When I'm feeling bad about Israel, one of the few things that can get me feeling better these days - aside from a seeing a charedi helping a chiloni or vice versa - are the lyrics of their Israel-themed songs.

One song, "Rak po" (only here), ( Read more... )

It seems there are those out there who are sure my name is Batsheva ( Read more... )

With all the news getting worse around here, I find my immediate reactions to reading the paper or hearing a headline getting louder and more exasperated. My sighs are heavier. My eyes roll further back into my head. Somehow, I've become even more sarcastic. I'm digesting it all faster and the indigestion gets more and more painful.

Well, there's ( Read more... )

I may go to school with Israelis, work with Anglos, be related to Charedis, and live amongst Mizrachim, but believe it or not, I don't hang too much with the Ethiopian crowd. That is - until tonight.

A coworker got married in Petach Tikva and it was a crazy experience for a few reasons:

1. This may sound weird, but it's been a while since I felt like ( Read more... )

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There comes a point - after you move far away from where you grew up - when you realize that you've been cut off from the every-day, and even from the once-in-a-while ( Read more... )

I saw not one - not two - but three different guys wearing "SAME SAME/BUT DIFFERENT" t-shirts today ( Read more... )