Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Yartzeit and Traveling
Yartzeit (Yiddish): the anniversary of a person’s passing As many of you may know, today is my father’s, Mark Rosenthal, Yartzeit. He died four years ago from terminal thyroid cancer. Traditionally, you would go to temple and say the Mourner’s Kaddish. Most reform jews go on the nearest Friday. I’ve always felt that you should [...]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Pictures of the Old City and Tel Aviv
A quick post, mainly to upload some images. The other night, they had a tour of the areas around the Old City and into the Old City. It was really interesting learning some of the biblical history of the area as opposed to just walking around and enjoying the scenery. On Friday, the interns arranged [...]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Holy Sites and beginning Ulpan
We went to three holy sites in two days: the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Each one had its own sense of grandeur and beauty, but they also had many tourists (like me) looking at everything and taking pictures. And annoying people who thought that it might be [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
A Walk around the outside of the Old City
Before I begin, we’re a bit behind on our blogging and there are two whole adventures into the Old City that we need to write about and link the pictures to. Those should be coming soon. So Jessica began classes yesterday, which means I’ve been even more on my own then before. So as I [...]
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Al Gore: A Generational Challenge to Repower America
Here is an excerpt from Al Gore’s most recent speech: “There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger. In such moments, we are called upon to move quickly and boldly to shake off complacency, throw [...]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The question of Shabbat is….
One of the interesting bi-products of Jess going to school to be a Rabbi is the religious exploration that I get to go on. Whether or not I like it is irrelevant, because I’m surrounded by it. Last night was a good example of the journey. This week for Shabbat (Friday night), HUC hosted all [...]
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
There’s life inside our apartment
So I thought I’d take this opportunity to discuss our apartment. Before we left, there were a lot of questions concerning how we’re going to live, what the apartments were like, etc. After living here for the last 10 days, I have a better idea. In fact, instead of telling you about it in text, [...]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Yad Vashem
I only have vague memories of Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem) from my first trip to Israel in the early 1990′s. The monuments were quite impactful. They focused on remembering using symbolic architecture as an artistic tool. These strategies contrast with the Washington DC museum greatly. In Washington DC there is a [...]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Holocaust Memorial and the Old City
Hey all, In the last few days, we have gone to 2 major tourist spots. They are completely different, but at the same time related. The first one was the Old City of Jerusalem. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera battery, so there won’t be pictures till I head back there. I love the [...]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The internet and the wall
We have internet!!!! Whoohoo!!! It is amazing how much I take that connection for granted. Email has become my regular mail. Only junk mail, the occasional news letter, wedding invitations and thank you cards come in the mail these days. In Israel, I will probably only receive bills via snail mail. It’s all part of [...]
