Mom & Dad sending me Bon Voyage at JFK
Loading up pre-flight
Interesting user interface in JFK urinal
View from behind hotel after landing
In front of the windmill
My favorite store from my 2005 trip. I took DD here to buy slingshots.
In honor of my roommate, King, from my March of the Living trip.
Gift from Philadelphia
En route to the Wall
Pre-Mission team at the Wall
Touring the ramparts with a view of the Shimshon Center, where would have our Awards Assembly.
Mount of Olives
That's my line!
View from the Austrian Hostel
Good thing I brought a coat; it was surprisingly cold.
The juxtaposition of satellite dishes with 3000 year old buildings amuses me.
Mosques and churches as next door neighbors
One of the Prime Minister's houses in the Arab Quarter
3000 year old internet cafe
I didn't know Veronica was a saint
Another one for King!
Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jewish guides don't usually take people here.
Burial cave from the time of Jesus
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Jerusalem
Why do Asian women follow me wherever I go?
Exploring the tunnels looking for a good spot for my prayers
St. Patrick's Day is very popular in Israel
New building at Yad Vashem
Like Rappaport statue I saw in Warsaw ghetto in 2005
I once caught a fish thiiiiiiiiiiis biiiiiiiig
Memorial room at Yad Vahsem
In honor of Janusz Korczak, whose orphanage I visited in Poland.
Grandma was from Kiev
Almost nothing left in Warsaw when I visited
When I visited Vienna last summer, I found a synagogue that they recently discovered from the 1600s.
Krakow does not have much Jewish left either
Not my family's historic home, but a coincidence
Synagogue in Lublin is just a tourist stop
Budapest has the second largest synagogue in the world, but not enough people to use it regularly
Prague has historic synagogues, but not many Jews left
Never saw a mezzuzah on a revolving door before
The guide insists that flowers are appropriate for Jewish graves
Teddy Koleck
The Pre-Mission team at Hertzl's tomb
The wall protects from snipers
Very interesting apartment complex
As I saw in Monterey recently, the numbers are in reverse order in my hotel
I need to learn what this says
Wreck of boat used to bring Jews to Palestine at Atlit detainee camp
Creepy train cars reminiscent of Auschwitz
These kids were great although some wondered if they were lip-synching
Clothes washer used to eliminate cooties
British patrol outside camp
Atlit
Reminiscient of Majdanek
Old mikvah
Graduation ceremony
Fishing in Tiberias
Open 24 hours except when I'm there!
Tiberias Time Portal
Mezuzah on sliding door
BGS Tree, Sejera IDF Base
Beit Gabriel Peace Room where treaty with Jordan was re-affirmed
Entertaining the ladies at JDC Cay Care Center for the Elderly
Kids at the JAFI Absorption Center in Karmiel
We all enjoyed receiving souvenirs
Enjoying Arts & Crafts
00 Toilet--Licensed to Kill
Donkey Whiz
Look Ma, no hands! Upon observing my technique, one of the women remarked that I was a good ass rider.
I asked the guide how to say “nice ass.”
Taken backwards over my shoulder while ass ridin'
Abbott and Costello over the cliff
At the Roman baths that reminded me of the ones in Budapest
Old ruins from my balcony in Tiberias
Enjoying hands-on activities in Israel.
Reconstructed first Kibbutz in Israel
Where's the Get Out of Jail Free card?
Always positive! Preparing to bike with kids from ENP's Youth Outreach Center in Gedera
I'm known for making friends wherever I go
Ethiopean cheverim
Ethiopian biking buddies
It's been almost an hour since we've last eaten and people are hungry!
No smoking while the sun is setting
Beer run for the bus
Loading up on the bus.
Doctors drinking while driving!
Bedouin pied piper
Dancing after the Bedouin hafla (feast)
Hangin' with the band
Bedouin Hafla (feast) with BBQ beast at Chan Hashayarot (Caravan Inn)
Enjoying the Bedouin tent
Shakin' it with the Bedouin
My new camera has a mind of its own
Foreshadowing for my performance
Bedouin Butter-churn Boy teaching me how to play his instrument
Five star Bedouin party tent
Five star Bedouin tent
Bedouin bread lady baking breakfast
Another new friend
Alpaca farm
Learning about llama cuddling and alpaca spooning
I feel safe now.
My platoon off to training
Lunch!
Just like Mom used to make it
IDF training base in Mitzpe Ramon
Enjoying 4 x 4 in the desert
4 x 4 in the desert
Making like Ben Gurion in the desert.
The hills are alive, ...
Ancient silk trade routes
Avdat, UNESCO world heritage site
Passing by the hookah station on the way to breakfast. Just like college!
Breakfast!
Ben-Gurion's home in Sde Boker
“Days of our Llamas” at Sde Boker Ben-Gurion house
Second hand store
Ben-Gurions' graves
I planted the purple and yellow one
New village construction providing subsidized housing for students
Tel Aviv beach from the hotel room.
Typical breakfast.
Ben-Gurion's grandson.
Always pushing the envelope!
Memorial at Tel Aviv beach
Site of famous terrorist attack
Ben-Gurion's housekeeper welcoming us
Ben-Gurion's Tel Aviv home
Looking for comedy books in Ben-Gurion's Tel Aviv library
So that's how porn looks from right to left
Betty Ford bar--too funny!
Independence Hall
Declaration of Independence
Kids love me!
3 Musketeers!
Rabbi Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
Mozart cake!
I love sandwiches!
Havdalah in Tel Aviv
Enjoying the Davidson Center while others were shopping
Mikvah with mechitsa
Yeah I know, but I promised not to write it.
It's good to see respect for designers
Roomie and me at the Awards Assembly
Getting a last Omega-3 buzz before the flight home
Old City from the Shimshon Center at Beit Shmuel
Reminds me of the Mannekin Pis in Belgium
Ronit
