A Calm Jerusalem

Last weekend, we hosted Kai’s friend from school, who came from Russia to study in Israel without her family. She isn’t Jewish, and had no prior connection to Israel, but the school offered her a significant scholarship, and she wanted an opportunity to leave Russia. It was her first weekend staying with a “host family” …

Sukkot in Israel

Hello everyone! It’s Kayla the guest blogger again! I told everyone that I would be writing my next blog post about Sukkot in Israel, so here we go! Sukkot in Israel. I spent a whole month, maybe three weeks, leading up to the holiday saying how I really wanted to go to Jerusalem for sukkot, …