visiting yd on gan chava v'adam

for a few hours on a sweltering hot afternoon, ab & i made it up to modi'in to check out the site of the Jewish farming school's summer fellowship, Shorashim.

sarah writes some rhymes

last night i went out to daila for my first ever Corner Prophets event. after a few poets went up to perform, mobius lead us in an exercise in which he gave us three key words and a topic (orange, mediocre, sullen, and immigration) and each person then wrote something which he or she then performed. everyone had a great time chilling out, creating art, and supporting each other. check out the site to see the rhymes we made up.

dj mobius at yellow submarine

on mon. night after the conference, Ab and I came back from tel aviv in time to make it to a crazy party with a fabulous band, a rockin dj, and some random female poets. this photo was taken with my camera, but by the world famous Kitra Cahana:

the beach in tel aviv with EK and AB

jewish bloggers unite!

the beautiful people in this photo represent, roughly from left to right:
Jewlicious, Judapest, Jewschool, Shabot, The View from Here, and Blogs of Zion



here are some photos from the final night banquet of the conference:

because i love the nature

chillin with our make-shift family for a week in 'horse park' at the top of ben yehudah street

evening with the sarahs

my first day together with the sarah i've been longing to meet ended with a fancy banquet on the campus of HUC in Jerusalem.

summer in israel part one: climbing

during day one of ROI120, the conference that brought me here, we went to 'the woods' (read: random hill with lots of thirsty pine trees and plants with thorns) for some "group building games." it was hot and tiring, but i did get to climb some stuff...