1. NY Times article about preserving Auschwitz.

2. Excerpt from a diary entry of mine, Kristallnacht anniversary, Nov. 2001 - sophomore year of college:

( Cut in case of sensitivities about agnosticism )

A little more than a year later, we finally finish the recap....

(Continued from here)

( Days 15-20: Adventures with Roga! Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Jaffa, Jerusalem and more. )

Happy Groundhog Day! America's weirdest and most charming holiday. I wish I had time to go to this tonight ( Read more... )

L'shana tova, anyone who's celebrating the new year.

Thought this would be a good time to finish up one of the remaining Israel trip posts. Continued from here.

( Day 13: Masada, Dead Sea, Jerusalem. )

Yesterday, my boss came up to my cubicle with a graying, kipa-clad man in tow and said, "This is Mr. N, our building manager. His mother was in Auschwitz. I was telling him about your trip. You should talk." And left. Turns out the guy's mother lost eight siblings and her parents in the war, survived until liberation with one brother and that was ( Read more... )

Continued from here.

( Day 11: Tel Aviv to Masada. )

Continued from here.

( Day 9: Upper Galilee. )

Following from the Poland set.

( Day 7 (Israel Day 1): Airport, Sea of Galilee. )

Continued from here; same warnings apply.

( Day 3 cont.: Birkenau concentration camp. )

I'm home, I'm safe, I had a nice time, and I'm wearing clean clothes: Life is good ( Read more... )