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He’s no Weiner but I have pictures of the Jerusalem Mayor 4 Aug 2013 | 02:27 pm

newsworthy? With Anthony Weiner running in the New York City Mayoral Elections, it’s hard (no pun intended) to remember there are other mayoral elections taking place all over the world—including Jer...

Defend Yourself. 24 Jul 2013 | 03:13 pm

me in motion. that cinder block never had a chance. As a kid who grew up in Los Angeles, I learned at a young age that anyone on the street could rob you. I lived in Hollywood, and unlike what most f...

How the Old Train Station got Her Groove Back! 15 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am

Choo choo! When I first moved to Israel I used to walk by the Old Train Station almost every day on my way to my internship. The station once housed the trains that traveled back and forth to Tel Avi...

Stand up: My name. Aliyah. Bureaucracy. And a faxypack. 26 Jun 2013 | 12:29 am

It’s not everyday you have a captive audience of 400 Israelis willing to listen to your trial and error approach to living in Israel. So, after winning a stand up contest that the New Israel Fund and ...

Show me your O Face: Obama Comes to Town! 19 Mar 2013 | 07:23 pm

It seems like someone famous is always closing down the streets of Jerusalem nowadays…that or snow. Either way this city likes to be on lockdown. While citizens of Jerusalem are grrr-angry with the sh...

The Israel Election: What, Who, What? (VIDEO) 17 Jan 2013 | 04:14 pm

The Israeli Election is just a few days away and the campaign ads won’t let us forget it. That said, many people on the streets of Jerusalem don’t know who they are voting for and what’s the point. In...

Bang…Boom…Shooting…Terrorist Attack…A Reflection on Mental Illness and PTSD 16 Dec 2012 | 03:39 pm

The horrific school shooting on Friday in Connecticut has hit home for anyone and everyone, no matter where you are. For people in the US the question of gun control, parenting, and mental illness is ...

Thanksgiving in Israel: I Know How to Give Thanks. Now Get Me My Pie! 22 Nov 2012 | 05:47 pm

Get in my belly. Thanksgiving in Israel is just not the same as in America. The truth is, in America I was thankful for the week off and to eat a lot. But in Israel, every Friday I manage to stuff my ...

Jerusalem Festival Frenzy Summer 2012 26 Jul 2012 | 01:30 pm

Jerusalem, the city of Festivals! If there is something that can be turned into a festival here, it will! There are so many festivals and events happening this summer in Jerusalem that I couldn’t kee...

Story time and JELLY ice cream party in Jerusalem 2 Jul 2012 | 03:05 am

Don’t get nauseous yet. A JELLY ice cream party is not what you think. Thanks to a friend, I have now been exposed to a whole new kind of JELLY – the Jerusalem English Library for Youth, one that is n...

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