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Israel, Day One: Breaking Adapters, Breaking Ice
This is the story of how I ended up in Israel last month, for free, with a group of 40 other young people I was sure I’d hate. I’m sure you’ve heard about Birthright, that program that gives you a free...
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Israel, Day Two: Water-falling for the Golan Heights
Four hours of sleep after day one, I was pretty sure I wanted to curl up in a dark corner somewhere and just sleep until the end of the trip. Patience has never been a virtue of mine, and I’d...
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Israel, Day Three: Tzfat’s What She Said
I ate! I ate the hotel food! That’s right, I had weird, gloopy macaroni and cheese for breakfast.1 Against all odds (and weather forecasts) it was raining outside.2 We scuttled onto the bus and headed...
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Israel, Day Four: Shuk, Shabbat, Shimmy
I just had a discussion with Erin about how to write day four, which culminated in: “My takeaway from this day of birthright can’t just be ‘I had mulberries, they were good.’” She laughed, but provided...
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Israel, Day Five: I Know Jew Are, But What Am I?
It’s amazing what a full night of sleep can do. I woke up Saturday morning knowing exactly where everything in my bag was, which made getting dressed much easier than previous mornings. I successfully...
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Israel, Day Six: Oh Well, Kotel
I made a valiant effort to ignore my sprained ankle for most of the trip, my physical therapist’s voice echoing in my ear like a tiny, resistance band-wielding conscience. But when the first activity...
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Israel, Day Eight: Bedouin It Wrong
After a very brief night’s sleep,1 we were back on the bus. We drove through the desert just before dawn, intent on making it up Masada before sunrise. Since we left the hotel several minutes late,...
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Israel, Day Nine: Never Go-Negev You Up, Never Gonna Run Around and Desert You
I’m normally a morning person, but on our ninth morning in Israel, I was barely a person. I woke up groggy and disheveled. My clothes smelled of smoke, I had to pee, and there were twenty-odd bodies...
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Israel, Day Ten: Tel Aviv-ing on a Jet Plane
It took some effort for everyone to drag themselves out of bed on our last day in Israel, but since we went from relaxing at the hotel straight to relaxing in the Mediterranean, there weren’t any...
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