tu b’shvat

30Jan11

Tu B’Shvat is the Jewish New Year of Trees (a Jewish equivalent to Earth Day or Arbor Day), a celebratory holiday marked by seders of dried fruits and nuts, tree-planting, and any number of other events or activities centered on the environment.  It was about a week and a half ago, and the holiday kicked [...]

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a winter without winter break, part 2

22Jan11

as I’ve mentioned before, the holiday season doesn’t really exist here, and for the first time I don’t have a winter break… alas, I have continued to engage in pseudo winter break activities on my own.  What else is there to do during “winter break” besides celebrate Christmas and New Years, which I previously blogged [...]

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a winter without winter break, part 1

05Jan11

oof I have not posted in awhile, and my life events for sharing are piling up! (and I must stop saying oof so much!) Christmas in Israel …does not really exist.  Just a day like any other (and it was Shabbat, so Jerusalem was especially dead).  So on Christmas, what better to do than leave [...]

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