Municipal elections are held every five years, so this is our first election season experience here.  Local election day has recently been d...

Our city is built on a big....height.  It's taller than a hill and smaller than a mountain.  I'm not sure what the word in English i...

Is every post this year going to start with, "I can't believe this is our 4th (fill in the blank)"?  Umm, maybe!  So not much ...

We just noted our three year aliyah-versary!!!  Wow--we're really doing this! This year has had some highlights that I didn't blog...

Today is Tisha b'Av, a day of mourning for the destruction of the holy Temples.  We fast.  We don't greet each other.  We read about...

Yesterday was Yom Yerushalayim , celebrating 51 years since the recapture of the Old City from the hands of the Jordanians.  This is a monum...

We are at the end of Yom HaZikaron , Memorial Day.  The sirens last night and this morning, already wrenching, felt like they were at a whol...