I just saw this entertaining video of an interview with an Arab Christian, Emil Zofan, who’s a taxi driver in Jerusalem. He talks about the city, the people, what it’s like being Christian here and he even shows off his German to the camera. It’s also just fun to watch because the whole time, he’s driving [...]

Israel and water? Right… The Israeli government’s water website now has a page where you can check back daily in order to see how much the Kinneret – our main water source, located in the Galilee – has gone up or down. It makes sense this exists online because an integral part of the Israel [...]

I ask you, have you ever heard of a cooler idea than to have videos of university lectures shown on the train for commuters? If you were on the train leaving Tel Aviv for Haifa at two specific times this morning, you would have been able to hear a lecture on brain science breakthroughs. It [...]

If there is more than one cell phone per person in a country, what does that say about the country? And, by the way, keep in mind that in a list of 212 countries from 2007, Canada only came in 112th place with a mere 0.576 phones per person. The United States was 72nd on [...]

How interesting to get a glimpse into someone else’s life, especially when it’s so different from your own. Amnon (I’m not sure he actually has a last name – you know those people) gives tours all over the country and, according to him, he’s one of the only Jewish Israelis who know the Arabic dialect [...]

I’m sorry if you don’t get what big news this is but it turns out that a new gate is being built on the Hebrew U campus where I got my B.Sc. in nutrition. The faculty of agriculture, food and environmental sciences of Hebrew U in Rechovot (now to be called the Robert H. Smith [...]

I know Vancouver is only 10 time zones away. But sometimes it feels like it’s a world away with the differences I experience here. And other times it feels like maybe I’m only in B.C.’s backyard. When I go to MAC here in Jerusalem it’s confusing. It looks the same and yet feels so different. [...]

Nine weeks ago I moved back to Jerusalem after spending over three years in Vancouver. I cannot remember any decision being as agonizing as that to move back home. Considering the fact that it was such a big decision to leave Israel to begin with, it’s interesting that the decision to move back was even [...]

I’m very impressed that Deb Singer (I don’t know you but kudos to you) had the courage to write an honest post about spirituality – or lack there of – in her Israel experience. She had certain expectations which, from what I understand, were not exactly fulfilled. I think that first of all the honesty [...]

Geez, I didn’t know that Jews can keep a tune. : ) The music here is RICH!!! Because it’s not only about beautiful melodies, interesting rhythms and funky instruments. It’s actually about meaningful words as well. Hadag Nachas – הדג נחש Hadag Nachash is an example of an Israeli hip hop-funk group that sings about… [...]