CCAR Mission to Israel - Work to be done...

I think that this will be my penultimate blog post, with one more to follow with reflections on the trip as a whole. Wednesday was the last ...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - Keeping the Faith...

In writing about Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday, although I've lost track of the days) I was so excited about visiting the neighborhood...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - My Saba's neighborhood...

Yesterday began in the north of Israel, with a visit to the mystical city of Tsfat. Walking around the city we were truly walking in the foo...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - How times change...

Yesterday began at Beit Shmuel, the center of Reform Judaism in Israel, housing many of our movement's offices in Israel. Coming back ...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - The safest school in the world...

Yesterday was truly a day of contrasts. Divided between the old city of Jerusalem and the present day experience of Israelis living in the s...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - Oh Jerusalem...

So yesterday I joined up with the rest of the participants on the formal part of the CCAR Mission. I had spent Shabbat with my family in Ram...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - Kaf-tet BeNovember: yesterday, today and tomorrow...

Yesterday was November 29th, a significant day in Israeli history because of a vote in the United Nations. Not the vote that actually happen...

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CCAR Mission to Israel - Be safe...

When I flew back to England, to visit with friends and family, during the summer, people offered the usual comments to a person going on hol...

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