Week 30: The Golan Tiyyul
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel’s back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing with life...
View ArticleThe World is Mud-Luscious and Puddle-Wonderful (!)
This was originally posted on my blog: “Go out, go out I beg of you / And taste the beauty of the wild. Behold the miracle of the earth / With all the wonder of a child.” My school took … Continue...
View ArticleWeek 37: The Practical Dictionary of the Pardes Lexicon
(X-posted from my home blog, Yinzer in Yerushalayim) One of the unadvertised perks of Pardes is that after studying holy texts in their original in the Beit Midrash for a whole year, no matter how...
View ArticleDayenu
Originally posted on my blog: There is a particular majesty in cresting a hill and taking in the landscape: the great expanse of the Negev Desert or the sparkle of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), the...
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Photos from Yesterday on the 2013 Golan Tiyul:
View ArticleGolan Tiyul, or Adversity Builds Community
Now that the craziness of preparing for Pesach and the seder itself is over, I have time to write about the Golan Tiyul. It was so beautiful! Flowers in bloom everywhere! Last week we experienced such...
View ArticleLove and a Pigeon
From my blog: Ten Characteristics of a Good Pigeon Handler: The pigeon handler is moderate in his disposition. A reckless pigeon handler frightens the pigeons. The pigeon handler is loyal and...
View ArticleHoly Arithmetic
One An outlander arrives in J-town. Not my first time and G!d-willing, not my last. In a newish role: student, not teacher! The book is open. Minus one Disequilibrium: distance from home and life...
View ArticleBirkat Hamazon
It took me eight years to get back to Pardes. During a Birthright trip my freshman year of college, we sat in the Beit Midrash, the great big room filled with tables of four chairs each and books...
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Photo from ’12 Golan tiyul
Pardes on Tiyul by Brenda Tamar Landau The post Photo from ’12 Golan tiyul appeared first on These and Those.
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Week 30: The Golan Tiyyul
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel’s back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing with life...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The World is Mud-Luscious and Puddle-Wonderful (!)
This was originally posted on my blog: “Go out, go out I beg of you / And taste the beauty of the wild. Behold the miracle of the earth / With all the wonder of a child.” My school took a trip to the...
View ArticleWeek 37: The Practical Dictionary of the Pardes Lexicon
(X-posted from my home blog, Yinzer in Yerushalayim) One of the unadvertised perks of Pardes is that after studying holy texts in their original in the Beit Midrash for a whole year, no matter how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dayenu
Originally posted on my blog: The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) There is a particular majesty in cresting a hill and taking in the landscape: the great expanse of the Negev Desert or the sparkle of the...
View ArticleWhen my iPhone camera occupied the Golan
Photos from Yesterday on the 2013 Golan Tiyul: The post When my iPhone camera occupied the Golan appeared first on These and Those.
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Golan Tiyul, or Adversity Builds Community
Courtesy of Megan Dyer (Spring ’12, Spring ’13) Now that the craziness of preparing for Pesach and the seder itself is over, I have time to write about the Golan Tiyul. It was so beautiful! Flowers in...
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Love and a Pigeon
From my blog: Ten Characteristics of a Good Pigeon Handler: The pigeon handler is moderate in his disposition. A reckless pigeon handler frightens the pigeons. The pigeon handler is loyal and...
View ArticleHoly Arithmetic
One An outlander arrives in J-town. Not my first time and G!d-willing, not my last. In a newish role: student, not teacher! The book is open. Minus one Disequilibrium: distance from home and life...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Birkat Hamazon
It took me eight years to get back to Pardes. During a Birthright trip my freshman year of college, we sat in the Beit Midrash, the great big room filled with tables of four chairs each and books...
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