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Wed,May 16,2012
24 Iyyar 5772
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Bat Aliyah
Sunday Dec 18, 2011
Thursday night, we drove to Ben Gurion airport with a family member traveling to the US for a few weeks. While waiting for her to check her bag, I saw a somewhat raucous group of American college students, joking around while waiting for their turn through security. They were tossing around kitschy souvenirs from Israel and making jokes about what things cost in shekels.
Since Taglit: Birthright Israel season has...
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Sunday Dec 11, 2011
Largely due to the fact that there was amazing and readily available Rosendorf challah for sale in Baltimore, I only occasionally made challah in America. But for years, I dreamed of making challah in my own kitchen in Israel. It seemed to tie together so many mitzvot.
After making aliyah, I didn't actually rush into it. Up until a few months ago, we were still buying challot every week. Not surprisingly, challot are...
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Thursday Dec 01, 2011
Yesterday, my husband and I spent a rare day-off together in Jerusalem, doing errands, but also absorbing the pre-Chanukah atmosphere. I took lots of pictures of sufganiot (Israeli donuts for Chanukah) and other signs of Chanukah's arrival in Jerusalem. I intended to write a light-hearted piece to contrast with the seriousness of some of my more recent posts. Truly I did.
But then an issue keep nudging me from different directions...
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2011
I have no actual data to support this, but I do have a long-standing gut feeling that ba'alei teshuva and converts are overrepresented among olim. In plain English, I have observed that those who chose Jewish observance as adults, either Jews who were born into assimilated families and became religiously observant later in life, or those who were born into non-Jewish families and chose to become observant Jews, make aliyah in greater...
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Monday Nov 28, 2011
When I write soft, fluffy, feel-good pieces about our new lives in Israel, I often get a heartwarming response.
That feels good. I like showing people a side of Israel that may differ from their preconceived notions of what Israel is like. I enjoy pointing out the glory of life here and, because I blog, I'm always looking for charming, only-in-Israel stories that might translate well to blog posts or Facebook statuses.
But that's...
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About This Blog
Rivkah Lambert Adler longed to make aliyah for years. A citizen since 2010, she now blogs about her new life in Israel.
Rivkah Lambert Adler longed to make aliyah for years. A citizen since 2010, she now blogs about her new life in Israel.
