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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Random Musings and Voting
So everyonce in a while, I just feel like writing about a bunch of smaller topics, so here goes. It’s Cold Ok, not really cold as midwest goes…but man, these buildings really don’t have insulation. It’s in the mid 60′s right now, and I’m already in sweatshirt, pants, shoes, and drinking hot tea. Of course, [...]
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Vacationing in the North of Israel and the Negev Desert
The Jewish holidays are finally over and live and school will go back to normal. It also means that are break for Sukkot is also done. For Sukkot, we went with our friends Nikki and Rachel to the Haifa area in the north, and then Jess and I traveled south into the Negev. Ein Gedi [...]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
The Quiet City
Today is Yom Kippur, the Day of Repetence. In the States, we would have woken up, got dressed, hoped in the car, and drove to services. We would have had to deal with the hustle bustle of a normal day in Cleveland. Just a day where 80,000+ people were purposefully fasting and going to services [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal,Year in Israel by chad
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Paul McCartney
So after a 43 year ban, a Beatle has finally played in Israel. And man was it a packed show. The concert took place in a park in Tel Aviv. It was us and our 50,000 closest friends all singing along to Hey Jude. Overall, the show was pretty good. Israeli’s have a strange sense [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Entertaiment,Travel by chad
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Pictures from our trip to the Galilee and Golan
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
A quick update
I know…I know. We haven’t updated in forever. The main reason? Not much has gone on, till this week. Jess just finished her Ulpan, intensive hebrew, program and I’ve been working and generally being a bum. For those that care, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ is a good show, ‘Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles’ is [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
A last post about Croatia
The hardest travel entry is always the last. It’s the hardest because I am now comfortably sitting at home. No more Da’s, and Na’s, Kvala (Thanks), etc. So now, the vacation is just a memory more then anything. Ironically, I was so looking forward to coming home, yet home isn’t so different then Croatia. I [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Croatia by chad
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Island Time
Ah, island time. Basically, hours and schedules have no meanings. The sign says open from 10am to 12:30pm. Might not be open….just because. So Scott and I are now on the Island of Vis. It’s a small little island with not much to do besides enjoy the beaches, swim, and go diving. So that is [...]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Following the Umbrella: A Croatian Story
One thing that I love to do is come up with cryptic titles to my blog posts. I’ll get to the meaning of that in a few minutes. First off, pictures are forth coming…probably in a few weeks when Scott gets back to the States. So let’s get to the gritty details. First of all, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Croatia by chad
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 [...]
