Author Archives: Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

climbing down to our planting site at JNF Kennedy Forrest Another glorious day in the Holy Land.  We started out at 8:30 for the John F. Kennedy memorial in one of the JNF forrest and planted saplings.  Our saplings will … Continue reading →

Today We packed suits and a towel, sunscreen, hats and water and at 8:00 we headed for the hour or so drive to Masada, the ancient fortress where the Jewish Zealots chose death instead of slavery to the Romans.  After … Continue reading →

WOW. From 7:45 am until 5:00pm we were on the go.  Today was packed with more information about Ancient Israel than possible to absorb in one day… But we made a valiant effort!!  We began with a short visit to … Continue reading →

Hi Friends, Today we had a relaxing/time on our own/shabbat kind of day.  Most of us (those who don’t have kids on the trip at least) slept in a bit and had a late breakfast (!!) and some of us … Continue reading →

There really is nothing like spending Shabbat in Jerusalem.  (next best thing is of course, Beth Am….)  We began our day spending a few hours at Yad Vashem.  We said Kaddish together just before we went to the Children’s memorial … Continue reading →

Hi Friends! Pictures of today’s awesome day will be in tomorrow’s post and for now, I write to you after a long, fulfilling day of connection, wonder and amazement.  We started our day in the mystical city of Safad.  We … Continue reading →

We began the day with yet another amazing Israeli Breakfast…. and then off for a jeep tour of the Golan Heights.  In two jeeps, we made our way across the rugged terrain of the Golan Heights…. the Jeep adventure reminded … Continue reading →

Hi Friends, We are doing well! Tired, but well! After some travel glitches that had the Bellows family on a flight to LaGuardia at 6am with a shuttle to Newark only to wait 7 hours in the Newark airport (!!)… we … Continue reading →