January 16, 2013
7:32 pm

DL Israel #19: Searching for Perspective with David Horovitz

Lessons learned from a lecture with David Horovitz, founder, Times of Israel The first thing I grab when I wake up is my iPhone. Not only because it’s been blaring......

January 13, 2013
6:35 pm

DL Israel #18: The Kotel: One Shabbat Later

When I was first given the task to blog about the Kotel I thought to myself “Rabbi Motti, I’m in trouble here!” In no way, shape or form do......

January 11, 2013
10:45 pm

DL Israel #17: One Eye on Tzfat and One on the Future

When my friends and I rolled into Tzfat in our cumbersome purple bus, I first marveled at how our bus driver navigated through the tight turns of the city's......

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January 11, 2013
9:08 pm

DL Israel #16: A Thought on the Diaspora Dilemma

Through a large part of the trip, we had a number of IDF soldiers join us on our trip. In our discussion group we had two different soldiers, with......

January 11, 2013
9:04 pm

DL Israel #15: The Shuk

Taglit-Birthright Israel: Mayanot 103 had a great experience friday afternoon at the shuk (the Machneh Yehuda market) in Jerusalem. We were dropped off right outside and were led to......

January 10, 2013
12:59 am

DL Israel #14: Worth Every Sheckel

On our night out on Ben Yehuda street I learned how to bargain. My friends and I went into a small jewelry store called "Jacob's Jewelry" that read "sale".......

January 10, 2013
12:32 am

DL Israel #13: Rockets of Terror

"They Sing Songs so That They Won't Hear the Rockets" Today, after 24 hours where nothing seemed to go the way it was supposed to, we were fortunate enough to......

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January 9, 2013
6:09 pm

DL Israel #12: A Hurting Heart On Birthright

I never knew a heart could hurt. I’ve heard it said, often, but never felt it myself. My heart hurt today at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. I......

January 9, 2013
4:23 pm

DL Israel #11: Scattered By History, United By Birthright

Not even on the High Holidays have I been surrounded by so many of my fellow Jews. At the Taglit-Birthright Israel Mega-Event, thousands of young Jews from around the......

January 8, 2013
2:11 am

DL Israel #10: What Taglit-Birthright Israel-Mayanot Taught Me

How could you describe five amazing, life-changing days in just one blog post? Well, it seems impossible. First of all, I gotta tell you that I've been waiting to accompany a......

January 8, 2013
1:25 am

DL Israel #9: When A Countdown Can Mean Life Or Death

What can you do in fifteen seconds? Read a paragraph? Have a conversation? Eat a meal? In my hometown of Sderot fifteen seconds can be a matter of life......

January 6, 2013
1:42 pm

DL Israel #8: The Israeli Palestinian

On the fifth day of our trip through Israel, we were introduced to Khaled Abu Toameh, a prominent Israeli Palestinian journalist. Born in the West Bank but living......

January 5, 2013
10:18 pm

DL Israel #7: The Baby Chair

It is only been a few days in the Holy Land and we Mayanot-ers have voyaged through a great northern piece of Israel. Our crew has traveled from the......

January 4, 2013
3:18 am

DL Israel #6: IDF Soldier’s View, Through American Eyes

The American participants on Taglit-Birthright Israel: Mayanot trips are joined for a part of the ten day experience by young Israeli, usually from the IDF. I join one such trip......

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January 3, 2013
8:45 pm

DL Israel #5: Walk the Line

Looking out from the northern most kibbutz, Misgav Am, to the border of Israel, Lebanon was the first time I truly felt like I was on conflicted ground. Simply......

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