Child made Kotel Pop Up Card

Kotel Pop-Up Card for Yom Yerushalayim

My daughter made this Kotel pop-up card in her art class this year for Yom Yerushalayim. She agreed to share it here. In the scheme of pop-up cards, it is not all that complicated a pop-up card to make. This is basically a tab style pop-up card. You can see how to make these types of pop up cards in this WikiHow post. A Little Kit? She is considering ...

A Temple in Flames Book Review

Review: The Temple in Flames The Story of the Final Battle for Jerusalem

I meant to review this in the summer during the 9 days, but given what was going on then, I found it too heavy to review this book. That is not to say that I did not find it to be interesting and a useful resource, just given its subject matter, it was too difficult. The tenth of Tevet seemed an appropriate time to review it. I know that The Temple i ...

giving tuesday israel donor gifts for the eden center

Digital Cupcake Wrappers for Donations to Eden Center via Giving Tuesday

I wanted to give a heads up to an offer that some of you may be interested in. You may or may not know that outside of this site, my "other jobs" include web design and online community building. I have been doing community building for The Eden Center for the past several years. Eden focuses on improving the mikveh experience, women’s health and halac ...

Resources for the three weeks via birkat chaverim

Three weeks Resources

Here are some useful resources for the three weeks or to use on the 9th of Av: Erica Brown's In the Narrow Places - useful for all ages. The Kavanot for each day of the three weeks can be explained in a simpler manner for younger children and it is useful both to think about serious concepts and discuss the issues of the three weeks. Kamtza and Bar ...