Israeli Souvenirs 101: What You Need to Know About Israeli Goods
What Can You Buy In Israel? Well, dear Reader, the answer to that question is that you can buy literally anything your heart desires from this incredible country! Despite starting out as a tiny, fledgling state struggling for its survival, Israel has grown into a flourishing epicenter of culture, commerce, technology, and science whose many […]
Celebrating Independence While Under Lockdown
Although Israel has begun to take its first small steps towards returning back to normal life following weeks of battling the coronavirus’ infectious wave, things are still far from being normal, leaving many Israelis wondering how dramatically different this year’s Yom HaZikaron and Yom Haatzmaut will be in comparison to previous years. It is already […]
A Passover in Quarantine
To everyone’s dismay, Covid-19 has spread worldwide, infecting hundreds of thousands of people and disrupting the lives of millions more, leaving many of us scared to check the news or our social media since each day yields a new wave of panic-inducing updates to the coronavirus situation. In certain parts of the world, many of […]
A Lone Soldier’s Story of Tefillin on the Borders of Gaza
Sometimes known as “phylacteries,” Tefillin are small black boxes made from leather that contain inscribed pieces of parchment written by a trained Sofer (scribe), with long leather straps to hold them in place. Worn on the head and arm respectively, these incredibly powerful spiritual objects are considered by many to be life-changing, but to a […]
