January 8, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... Today we left Tel Aviv and arrived in Eilat where we crossed the border into Jordan. In Tel Aviv several of us had our suitcases searched. Poor Jean had hers totally apart, she had placed all her…

January 6, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... Today was bittersweet. It was a great day but also hard because we had to say goodbye to our guides and our driver here in Israel when we arrived in Tel Aviv. Tomorrow we head to Jordan. They were…

January 5, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... We woke up to rain this morning which meant that we unfortunately couldn't hike the trail to the Banias waterfall but we did see the location and the openings there. Afterward we went to a winery…

January 4, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... Today was kind of a sad day, we said good-bye to Jerusalem as we headed towards Jericho and the Sea of Galilea. We started the day by catching up on a site we had missed-the Mount of Olives. The…

Reconnecting with My Macedonian Jewish Heritage

This post was brought to you by Sarah Aroeste, group leader for MEJDI's Tour: 8-Day, 7-Night Jewish Heritage Tour to Macedonia... Growing up in Suburban New Jersey, I always thought the word, “Macedonia,” sounded very exotic. I…

January 3, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... Today we went started the day by driving into one of the Jewish settlements in and around Bethlehem. There we met with Bob who believes strongly that by doing the settlements that the Israeli's are…

January 2, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... Today was chilly and rainy so when we got to Yad Vasham the Holocaust Museum we couldn't see much of the scenery but we collected our headphones and had time to wander through the museum.  There…

January 1, 2018

This post was brought to you by Carol H... On Monday it started off cloudy and overcast and eventually became chilly and rainy.  We traveled to Ramallah where we saw the wall that was built around the city provide security according…

December 31, 2017

This post was brought to you by Carol H... On Sunday we began the day by entering Dung Gate and looking down on the Western Wall as we sent through security to visit the Dome of the Rock and Al Asqa Mosque.  There is only one entrance…