Over New Year’s, John and I watched a marathon of the show, “Alone.” The producer distributes 10 people throughout Vancouver Island with the goal of surviving in the vast Canadian wilderness for as long as they can…alone. Get it? The last person remaining wins a large sum of money and innumerable parasites. It’s fascinating to see...
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My Life Locked? I was watching TV the other night and saw this tall, distinguished man standing in front of a box truck telling the viewing audience his personal Social Security number. He definitely had my attention since we’ve become a culture obsessed with identity privacy and emotional voyeurism all at the same time. At the end of his 60 second spiel, I...
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I like traveling. No, I LOVE traveling. I like the plotting, the planning, the logistics, the adventure…the late arrivals, the long layovers, the missed connections…okay, wait. Maybe there are a few things not to love, but I have thought through 18 of the most important questions to ask yourself before you travel internationally. Follow these and you...
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New to Israel and anxious to learn about various aspects of culture, I began to watch the Netflix series, “Shtisel.” This series follows the lives of an Ultra-Orthodox family set in the heart of Jerusalem. The endearing main characters of Akiva and Shulem completely captured my attention and piqued my curiosity about this sect of Jewish society. In one episode,...
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I greeted Alfie as we entered the boutique hotel in Jerusalem. Alfie is a fairly conservative Jew whose family owns 10 hotel rooms on the third floor of an office building. We discovered it last year and have made it our “go to” place in Jerusalem. “I don’t have the big room this week,” Alfie apologized, “but I do have a room ready.” “No problem. All the rooms are...
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