December 2009
1 post
Happy Hanukkah
May light bring you hope in the darkness…
Love from Jerusalem!
November 2009
1 post
A great week...
Shabbat dinner at our home in Jerusalem surrounded by family and friends. We take turns sharing something good from the week that has passed. Ariela smiles and says, “I don’t know, it was just a great week!”
Maybe I really am living the dream?
October 2009
2 posts
Happy Sukkot!
Put up the sukkah the other night with the girls. Not the same as the redwood frame sukkah from NoCal but building a Sukkah in Jerusalem does have its advantages.
1. The city cuts the schach for you.
2. You can buy the 4 species (etrog and lulav) on almost every corner.
3. Jerusalem is alive with the sound of people shaking their lulav.
Next week, take some time to enjoy the outdoors. Eat...
September 2009
4 posts
Hatima Tova
Hope you all had a wonderful set of High Holy Days. Jerusalem on Yom Kippur is something else—absolutely no cars except for the occasional ambulance or police vehicle. So quiet…
Except for the bicycles. Lots of them. The kids take over the streets. We walked home from HUC services at 8 p.m. and the girls went home to get their bikes. So much fun! It was a scene—hundreds and...
Our New Home!
We moved in on Thursday—our “lift” arrived from America. Everything came (as far as we can tell). Only damage was to the piano keyboard. Technician coming tomorrow to give us an estimate (insurance will probably cover).
Girls are doing great—school started on September 1 and they are all adjusting amazingly well. Isa and Ariela tell us they “love” their new...
August 2009
9 posts
Dreaming at the Jerusalem Pool
Last night the girls had a sleep-out in celebration of the last night of camp at the Jerusalem Pool. Jacq dropped them off at 8 p.m. They had a BBQ dinner (hamburger in pita with hummous, pickles, and ketchup). Night swim followed by an outdoor screening of Ice Age. Then to the tent for sleep (joined by their friend Racheli from Pennsylvania—they call her Penny). Middle of the night Ariela...
huc year in israel student/s.o. choir singing...
yoshiz living the dream
on june 30, 2009, i made aliyah nefesh b’nefesh helped with all of the logistics
nefesh b’nfesh ads encourage potential new immigrants to “live the dream”
this blog is our dream diary
“Abba, we’re living the dream!”
-ariela zweiback walking out of the...”
