Birkat Chaverim
Remember the Purim cupcake wrappers? Just wanted to let you all know that they've been joined by a bunch of new wrapper designs. This time, these designs match with some of our bencher designs. That means they could be used in conjunction with a bencher order, or alone at a family celebration. Note the Kotel design is particularly useful for Yom Yerusha ...
I wanted to show what was included in the kids cultural exchange packages that we sent out to represent Israel: stickers coloring sheets and coloring book a keychain that looks like Israeli money halva, zaatar, "nana" tea and mekupelet chocolate postcards a coloring name sign that looks like a Jerusalem skyline that I designed. I made ...
This is part three of the Israel Kids Cultural Exchange about Food what was sent in the Israel Kids Cultural Exchange. You can read part one or part two here. This part was about food. As part of the Israel Kids Cultural Exchange about food we included recipes, a story, about favorite foods as well as some favorite Israeli samples that could be shipp ...
This is part two of the letter we sent for the kids Cultural Exchange -Israel. You can read about the cultural exchange and part one of our letter here. Israeli mailboxes. Do your local mailboxes look like this? Things you may or may not know about Israel and Jerusalem: Both national languages, Hebrew and Arabic, are read right to left not ...
Last summer I noticed that a blogger I enjoy reading, Chasing Cheerios, was organizing a kid cultural exchange. I always thought these sounded like fun and my daughter was rather into writing at the time, so I asked to join and also passed it on to some other locals who might be interested in doing something like that. I thought I would share what we se ...
I am privileged to be able to offer you a guest post by Haifa artist Tamar Messer. Tamar's work includes prints, mosaic, 3d "found" sculptural works as well as books, invitations and Ketubbot. This post focuses on Tamar's Eicha/Lamentations but I highly urge you to go to her website to see her other work too. As Tamar will explain, the Lamenta ...
It is quite common around here to wear blue and white for Yom Haatzmaut. My daughter would love to add these Israeli flags nail decorations to that custom. In case that isn't clear the flags are decorations, decals to put on the nails. If you are interested in decorating nails with actual nail polish. Midrash Manicures also has a tutorial about how ...
In honor of Yom Haatzmaut I'm sharing Ita Aber's "El Al First Class" which was part of the World of Beads 7 Exhibition (Thanks for permission Ita!) I think its a fun use of those shoe horns you sometimes get and definitely blue. No link to a website, but if you'd like to be in touch with Ita please do email me or post a comment and I will put you in tou ...
Next week is Rosh Chodesh Elul, a time where Jews traditionally try to focus on Teshuva, Tefilla and Tzedakah (repenting, prayer, and charity.) I would like to mention a donation opportunity- the Cross Israel Hike, a fundraising event by the One Family Fund. The One Family Fund provides a range of aid and assistance to victims of terror in Israe ...