Simone Horst, at The Blogs

Sep 15, 2014, 3:43 PM

It is Friday and I have the great idea to go shopping for groceries. Not such a bad idea one might think, especially when you do not have food left in the house. When I enter the Shufersal it...

Jul 11, 2014, 1:30 PM

Football’s saving the world!

I was looking forward to a nice vacation. My little brother was getting married to his girlfriend of eight years. All I wanted to do was fly home to Germany, meet my friends, watch some World Cup games, eat...

May 3, 2014, 9:31 PM

Being German on Yom haShoa

I'm standing in the middle of what feels like hundreds of students from Ben Gurion University in the boiling sun. Our heads are lowered when the siren starts. I fight the instant urge to run away and seek a...

Feb 14, 2014, 1:06 AM

That’s what friends are for

I was wondering for a few days now, which topic I should choose as the starter for my blog on ‘Times of Israel’. Yesterday, political circumstances made the decision for me. Since yesterday I, as a German and member...

About Me

Simone came to Israel from Germany in 2012, as an exchange student and decided to stay for her M.A. in Israel Studies at Ben Gurion University, where she is currently writing her thesis about the image of Israel amongst Germans. Before starting her life in the desert, Simone was a Stage Manager at German musical productions, completed a degree in Acting, worked in a bookshop and finished her B.A. in Jewish and Islamic Studies in Heidelberg.