Month: August 2010

Eat Your Colors at Shipudei Tzipora

                        “Most Americans eat far too few foods with any color in them,” says David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., director

Shabbat Shopping at Shuk Mahane Yehuda

Ah, Friday.  After an aggressive schedule all week I was grateful for a late start and a half day of trend shopping on the agenda.  Friday is, after all, the

Jerusalem, Ūršalīm: Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Mubarak

It seems fitting that I share a post about the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem on this first night of Ramadan, a month-long observance filled with blessings.  The traditional Arabic greetings

Jerusalem Jewish Quarter, HaRova HaYehudi

Refreshed  from a just-squeezed cup of pomegranate juice from the sidewalk café on Muristan Road our group stood, stretched, and trooped en-masse south back toward David Street and into HaRova,

Yerushaláyim, al-Quds, Jerusalem: The Christian Quarter

Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University, Michael Zank, teaches a course called Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination, and on his website you can find 26 maps of

Hot Day in Jerusalem? Cool Down and Take Five

Oooof.  Jerusalem was hot! Well, it was the end of July and the peak of summer heat after all, so it was to be expected.  We enjoyed clear and sunny

Jaffa Gate

The ancient city of Jaffa, situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, is a port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world.  If you speak with one

TerraOlivo 2010 Announces Results

The Olive Oil Times has just published an exclusive  article of my coverage of the Competition and Congress at TerraOlivo 2010.   You can read it here, “Israel Hosts TerraOlivo