The Big News

For those of you who haven’t yet heard our big news, we are moving back to Boulder in July. The decision has been extremely difficult for us. We are excited to reconnect with our friends and community there, but we are very happy here, and it will be hard to leave. The most painful part …

Secular Israeli Holidays

We celebrated the secular Israeli holidays these past few weeks, which was a new experience for us. Due to COVID, all of the ceremonies since we have been here have only been on zoom. I started taking a conversational Hebrew class that meets on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and my first class was right before …

October Update from Kai

So I think the idea of a blog is hilarious. You write about your life and post it online for everyone to see and then people comment about how cool they think you are. It’s like social media, but with more words and fewer cat videos. I didn’t necessarily want to write this post, but …

A Slower-paced Sukkot

The Jewish calendar has actually helped me cope with all of the changes this year. When we found out that we would be in lockdown last spring during Passover, there was frustration and sadness at all of the opportunities we were missing: Travel, visiting with family, experiencing an Israeli seder, and more. Once the reality …

Impermanence

I’ve wanted to write about the return to “normalcy” here in Israel post-quarantine, but it feels like life is on fast forward after having been paused for so long. The first few days felt awkward and uncertain. It is embarrassing to admit, but I felt bored at home while the kids were back in school. …