Travel

balagoons. Derived from balagan/chaos/ בלגנ Sash and Eli (favs) in IDF unis Manual labor, but make it fashion

Jenna getting bat mitzvahed in the old city! Western wall. One of the most spiritually powerful moments thus far. I put a note in the cracks while the woman next to me sobbed and pounded on the wall in prayer. Music playing from the loud speakers covered up the noises of talking, birds chirping etc. […]

The architecture and layout of the museum is designed so that you dip down physically into the Holocaust and walk back up out of it concluding with a stunning view of Jerusalem. The walls and floor are triangular slabs of concrete made to feel like they are closing in on you. Visiting Yad Vashem with […]

Zev and Co sang entirety of Bohemian Rhapsody

Went to a fascinating play in English, Hebrew and Sign Language. Most of the actors were hard of hearing. Jenna was able to translate before the show started even though Israeli sign language differs greatly from ASL. So beautiful and interesting to learn about the intersection between hearing and non-hearing worlds with the added Hebrew […]

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Carmel Market, TLV and Shuk in Jerusalem