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” …

Shomrei Hagan Camping Trip

Another special blog post by guest writer, Kayla! Life lesson #1: Do not hike 5 kilometers wearing Chacos. It is stupid. You will get blisters. Life lesson #2: Do not pick at said blisters. It hurts a lot. Life lesson #3: Do not wear the same Chacos to hike another 5 kilometers after you already …

Aliyah or A-1

We decided to spend the year in Israel. Kayla came home from Ramah in the Rockies last summer begging to have her bat mitzvah at age 12 and frustrated that she didn’t know Hebrew. That began our process of examining what it would mean for us to spend a year in Israel. We could go …