Posts under ‘Holidays’

Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Israel, of course. I think this is pretty much a North American holiday? I only know people in the US and Canada who celebrate (and even that’s not on the same dates, I believe).
All that said, we have this family thing with coming up with new family traditions. Obviously, an [...]

October is over, so here are a few more pictures to remember it with -
This was the month of the Jewish holidays, and especially the long school holiday of Sukkot.
A few more images from our travels during Sukkot. First, our trip up north to the Golan and the Upper Galillee.
So, sharing a picture of a [...]

One last holiday (well, almost) for this holiday season in Israel. After Rosh Hashana (New Year’s) and Yom Kippur, we bring you… Sukkot - the holiday that gives your kids another seven days off school!
Our school decided to bridge Yom Kippur and Sukkot this year, saving the kids having to come for one confusing day [...]

We’ve had a very nice Yom Kippur. Totally secular and at home. Quite a few online friends have asked me about what we do during this particular holiday, so I figured I’d share here.
This will not be an account of the traditional Jewish practices for Yom Kippur. I’m afraid I am not an authority in [...]

We just found out today that our kids are going on one long holiday as of tomorrow. It’s Rosh Hashana tomorrow, then another weekend, then Yom Kippur, a weekend and the long holiday of Sukkot. So, our school decided to bridge over the entire thing and merge it into one long holiday of almost 3 [...]

It’s the Eve of Shavuot here, and we’ve done plenty of celebrating so far. Sharing some holiday pictures here today.
Here’s our Ron, all dressed up and ready to go to kindergarten. Holding his “Tene” - basket with first produce of the year. For some reason or other, we were told to put a sweet dairy [...]

We’ve had the big Lag Ba’Omer bonfire night on Friday, which was a huge success. About 50 people all in all (well, half of them were kids), lots of food and conversation. My feet were killing me by the end of the evening though - I don’t think I had a minute rest through out. [...]

We barely had a full normal week and wham, the next holiday is upon us! At least this one is a fun one, and celebrating it has turned into a small tradition in our family. Lag Ba’Omer is about some ancient revolt of the Jews against the Occupying forces (the Romans in that case). Their [...]

It’s been almost two weeks by now, but better late than never! It’s not a whole lot of pictures anyway, but it does give me a chance to try out the new gallery plugin I installed
I am still going to post more about the Nakba seminar I attended on the very days these [...]