30th January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
After a few days of deliberating over what I should do for my birthday I decided at the last minute that I wanted to go to a little cute cafe that a friend introduced me to a few months ago that has live music on Thursday nights. Here is a pic of the two musicians […] Read More
23rd January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 2 Comments
For those who haven’t been following the blog, I created a list of 28 things that I want to do during my 28th year. They range from little things like smiling more and planting a tree to things like going to the Kotel once a month and visiting China. Since Tu B’Shvat and my birthday […] Read More
15th January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 4 Comments
When I was in the States last month I bought the first and second seasons of How I Met Your Mother on DVD. I’ve slowly been making my way through the first season and find the show hysterical. In a New Year’s Eve episode, one of the characters introduces his “Get Excited Mix” and plays […] Read More
11th January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 2 Comments
I recently read an article (soon-to-be-published) about an organization in Israel that is enabling people with physical and mental disabilities to participate in sports activities, including running with the blind in Tel Aviv. I contacted the organization about volunteering to run with the blind but they have enough volunteers for that. Instead, they suggested I […] Read More
10th January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 2 Comments
I recently mentioned some of the things that inspired me to come up with the 28 goals, including the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Never has a book had so much of a direct impact on me. I usually don’t read memoirs, but I decided to read this one during my trip to the […] Read More
2nd January, 2011 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
During my last trip to the States, on the first night I decided to go to Barnes and Noble and buy some books related to what I was feeling at the time. My intention was to get those books and also briefly browse the best-sellers and other categories that interested me. In one section in […] Read More
26th December, 2010 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
I have no idea what inspired me to start this. Things in my past tend to blur together and it’s hard to mark certain things. What I do recall is that a relationship ended, I started thinking about my life, I started reading Eat, Pray, Love, and the third annual Chanukka challenge took place. I’m […] Read More
25th December, 2010 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
A few days ago I met up with my roommate from last year and told her some of the goals on the list. I mentioned planting a tree, finding a chavruta, finding a rabbi, going to a new community once a month, etc. … Her response was: “Isn’t that what seminary is for?” Yes. Unlike […] Read More
24th December, 2010 - Posted by admin - No Comments
In my last post I mentioned that I’m planting a tree through the JNF on Tu B’Shvat/my birthday to kick off the challenge. I’d like to get at least 28 people to also plant a tree or take part in this as well. I created an event on Facebook with more information. Hope you can […] Read More
21st December, 2010 - Posted by admin - 3 Comments
Tu B’Shvat (the Jewish new year for trees) very appropriately falls out on my birthday this year. I can think of no better way to kick off the 28 challenge than by fulfilling my goal of planting a tree. Just as I mainly made aliyah because I have always felt a strong attachment to being […] Read More
