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The Kotel, or the Western Wall, is one of, if not the most important spiritual site in Judaism. I am a Jew. So why did I not weep as I laid my hands upon the wall? I teach at Hillel Academy of…

We started the day (Day 6 in Israel) by visiting the City of David in East Jerusalem. This is a well-excavated site whose findings have helped define the early history of Jerusalem including the time of King David. It is an interesting…

This morning we put on water shoes, tucked our shorts up high and crammed any fear of claustrophobia down as we entered the 2700 year old water system in the city of David. Tucked between two groups of loud summer camp kids,…

  This has been an amazing trip so far from so many aspects. One thing that I would like to focus on in today’s post is one of the themes that this trip has brought to light. So far there have been…

Happy Independence Day! Today we traveled from the Sea of Galilee to Jerusalem via the Golan Heights and the Jordan River Valley. This travel time provided an opportunity to reflect on the notion of independence. I think we as Americans take our…

              Another amazing day waking up to a beautiful scene out over the Sea of Galilee and then having an amazing breakfast to start the day. After breakfast our whole group got together for the first…

It was surreal to wake up this morning and have the Sea of Galilee right in front of me.  After another generous breakfast we toured sites along the sea, had lunch, and visited a school.  I was very impressed with their robotics…

We started this morning with another fantastic breakfast at the Colony Hotel in Haifa and then packed and said good bye to Haifa, heading first to Nazareth. In Nazareth we visited the Roman Catholic Church at the site of the Annunciation where…

So after a long flight with not much sleep, it was really hard to think about getting moving and thinking, but at our first stop, the nature reserve, Neot Kedumim, which means “ancient oasis” we got to tie many thought provoking ideas…