For the past several weeks there have been Haredim protesting the opening of a parking lot near the Jaffa gate of the Old City. Finally today I went to go witness first hand these “violent” protests. There were maybe a few hundred people there, 2/3’s Ultra-Orthodox in robes and fur hats and the other were…
Category: Israel Moments
Organic Dairy Farming 101
I spent the past week at חלב עם הרוח (Chalav Im HaRuach – Milk with the farm), which is an organic dairy farm in the Jezreel Vally in Northern Israel, near Yodfat. I milked goats for the first time, moved rocks, built a floor, tended the garden, fed the animals, and met some amazing people….
Bush Visit Update
Bush is coming and this is how my life has been affected: Finals on Thursday have been canceled, one exam is now take home (that’s good). They are closing down every street that I normally walk on to school. Highway 1 is being shut down so I cannot get to my post-final-party in Tel Aviv…
Tax Dollars Well Spent
Next week, during finals, President Bush is coming with 800-1000 of his best friends (read security personnel) to encourage dialogue between the powers that be to bring peace to this region. Will it be successful? Perhaps we should count all of the carbon emissions of all of the people that must fly half way around…
A trip to Misrad HaPanim (Ministry of the Interior)
Two weeks ago I had an appointment to receive a studnet visa. It ended a long quest involving the US Passport Agency, the Israeli Embassy in NYC, border control, long holds on the phone, frustration, mitzvot, and finally tranquility and justification. Let’s begin. It was a snowy day four days before NFTY Convetion 2007, and I…
Rabbi Brian Immerman 