Once we had returned to Jerusalem, Deborah and I had a day to do something touristy around town. She was interested in visiting the Israel Museum, where she and I and Ariel’s husband Chris had all been together back in 2014. I suggested that we stop on the way and visit the Monastery of the …
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A Visit in Mitzpeh Ramon
As dusk was falling, Deborah and Hagai and I drove north from Eilat, where we had crossed the border back into Israel from Jordan. It was mid-January, and it was full dark when we arrived in the courtyard outside the home of Yoni, Bob’s youngest son, and his wife Shoshana. After a few brief greetings …
Jordan: Wadi Rum
Our new guide picked us up at 8:30 in the morning, and we set off on the drive to Wadi Rum. The new Ali (yes, same name) as not nearly as loquacious as his predecessor. However, when we commented on the snow, he talked for some time about how the village where we had stayed …
Jordan: overnight at Wadi Musa
I am sharing these photos of our lovely hotel in Wadi Musa, just above Petra. I do not think our hosts were particularly happy to have us — I think because of Hagai being Israeli, most of all, and perhaps in general our being Jewish. Nonetheless, the room was charming and comfortable, the food was …
Trip to Jordan: Petra
Our guide for the day, Ali, was voluble. Indeed, when he stopped lecturing us in English, he switched to lecturing the driver in Arabic. He announced that he would give us some background about Jordan as a country, and tell us a little bit about Aqaba, and would then let us have some quiet until …
Trip to Jordan: Aqaba
My trip to Jordan with Bob’s daughter Deborah and grandson Hagai already seems long ago! Is it really possible that a little over two weeks ago we were walking around Petra? I took a lot of pictures on the trip, and so the next few posts will be largely pictorial, with some running commentary. We …
Beloved family
My husband Bob left me a wonderful family! His daughter, Deborah, who lives in New York, was the first person to come enjoy my wee guest room here in my apartment in Jerusalem. She was extraordinarily lucky — the winter weather held back its worst, and it was mostly sunny and even relatively warm while …
Winter Learning Intensive
Between the Chanukah break and the Winter break between semesters, Pardes offers a week called the Winter Learning Intensive. The theme of the Intensive this year was “The Many Faces of Me: Exploring Identity in a Post-Modern World”. I had intended to blog during that week, but our whirlwind round of classes and events was …
B’eretz Ahavati — In my Beloved Land — Leah Goldberg
I have located a translation of this poem — which has also been set to music. I did start my own translation, but I was glad to find someone else’s, which is much more accurate! Here it is: In my beloved country the almond is blooming. In my beloved country a guest is awaited by …
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Two days poking around in Jerusalem
Before I got a cold, I had a couple of days out and about. Here are photos from those days. The captions tell the story. Happily I am over the cold, and maybe will one of these days finally write that post about all the stuff I’ve been avoiding…in the meantime, enjoy.
Nine months in Israel 