Shana Tova! Happy new year!

Days in Israel traditionally dont start in the morning or at midnight, but with the sunset. Thats why Shabbat starts on Friday and ends at Saturday evening. And thats also why the new year started yesterday at sunset.
Rosh Hashana, thats the name of the Jewish holiday celebrated for 2 days when the new Jewish year [...]

My first… terror attack since I’m here :(

After having wrote a short note last week, here’s a longer version of what happened in Jerusalem last Monday. After having so many incredible experiences, it’s the first time I got in touch with the big enemy which endangers all people living in Israel, Terror.
I had been sitting on a street in the West Bank [...]

Kol Bezeder!

Hey everybody, fortunately I had not been in the Old City today, as a terror attack happened close to my favorite night club area. I just heard from it and a lot of my friends had been close by. But everything is okay! More details soon

On the roofs of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, conquered, destroyed and rebuilt several times, built on a hilly landscape, is a labyrinth of houses and narrow alleys. One layer built over the last one, its also an up and down between underground ways and walking on the roofs. In the old city, where Jews, Moslems, Christians and many other groups are living [...]

Nothing is impossible in Israel: Wargames in a country in war

Yesterday, I played “Paintball” for the first time in my life – and it was a lot of fun!! Paintball is the simulation of a gunfight with guns firing breakable paintballs. A team from Jerusalem played several scenarios against a team from Tel Aviv University. Due to the high amount of equipement, like guns, paintballs, [...]

Another day as usual in Israel

“This small country produces the same amount of the news every single day like other countries produce in a week – a month for Canada”. Thats what a American-Israeli Journalist said in a lecture I heard last week. He’s not wrong. Reading the news regularly is even more important than anywhere else, and I’m pretty [...]

The Dead Sea

A long long time ago…i had been at the Dead Sea (I think its about 3 weeks, I try to catch up with my stories…). We went there by bus, passing the Westbank and parts of the desert “Negev” which covers most of Israel.
The Dead Sea is situated between Israel/the West bank and Jordan. Till [...]

Tel Aviv

First of all, I have to say sorry that I didnt write more during the last 2 weeks. There are some many things I wanna tell about, but other great things dont give me enough time to write them down afterwards.
During the weekend, me and 6 other guys had been to Tel Aviv.
“Weekend” in Israel [...]