Oct 4, 2010 | Miscellaneous
After waking up before sunrise on Sunday, landed in NYC for a 5 hour wait, then 11 hours in the air for Tel Aviv we finally made it. I know what you are asking yourself, “what do you do with 5 hours in a NYC airport?”Well not much!After finally landing in...
Sep 24, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Several months ago, well-deserving 10 locals were selected. Each of them possesses many unique talents and qualities that that earned them a place on this exclusive Israel experience: Robin Brody, Keith Cohen, Burt Garland, Jeremy Lieb, Daniel Platschek, Ed Reggi,...
Sep 21, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Ten young adults, ages 27 to 40, who were selected from a competitive application process to participate in the 2010 Rubin Israel Experience, are on their way to Israel for the first time. They leave Sunday, Oct. 3, and return Wednesday, Oct. 13. Now you can see...
Oct 30, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Although I don’t have time at this moment to post about our Thursday in Israel and probably won’t be able to before Shabbat, I wanted to share pictures from the day so that families and friends can see them. Know that most of the photographs are from the...
Oct 29, 2009 | Miscellaneous
We know. No blog update for days. Talk to Margo. She has jam-packed our days such that there has literally been no time to blog. There are going to be a lot of pictures. Look at all of them. We have been to some incredible places the last few days.Day Five —...
Oct 27, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Yes, I had a little “link” problem. Please try to view the photographs from Day Three again…the link is fixed and there are more pictures than were originally posted. You can see them HERENow to day four…We started off light. The Beit Canada...
Oct 26, 2009 | Miscellaneous
It started off as a normal Rubin-ite day–breakfast outdoors. We were scheduled to go to the Temple Mount, a site holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians, and then to the Holy Sepulcher with visits to the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial.As you may have...
Oct 25, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Israeli breakfast — outdoors — it was the perfect way to start the day. After a leisurely meal of coffee, pastries, olives, cheeses and breads, we went on an informal tour of Jerusalem with Danny, our lone soldier from the other night. He is a...
Oct 24, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Shalom from Eretz Yisrael!The first plane ride to Newark was a bumpy one. Many of us became motion-sick. Thanks to Jennifer’s no-side-effect-miracle-cure, we were feeling a bit better for the delayed longer flight into Tel Aviv.We thought arriving in Israel...
Oct 22, 2009 | Miscellaneous
Tomorrow morning is the day that we Rubin-ites depart from St. Louis to begin our journey to Eretz Yisrael. Although we are leaving Thursday, it will be Friday when we actually arrive. How wonderful it will be to be able to celebrate Shabbat our first night in Israel!...
