Story: Rich Man Insults Unwanted Guest

Mr. Ashir gets super angry when Bar Kamtza shows up at his party. Learn more of the Bar Kamtza story. See photos and action.
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Mr. Ashir gets super angry when Bar Kamtza shows up at his party. Learn more of the Bar Kamtza story. See photos and action.
Marchers in support of Israel on Raritan Avenue in Highland Park, a video with melting candles and fermenting daikons
Do you have favorite flowers of comfort? Rudbeckia, Mexican poppies, lilies and columbines all grow in my yard. What your favorites?
Tree illustration with fruit, stream of water, shade for rest under tree. Traveler feels refreshed and says to tree: Ilan, Ilan, how can I bless you?
Recipe for matza brei: Take one egg, mix it up, break up one half piece of matza. Fry in pan with butter. Turn, eat, enjoy. Pesach (Passover) treat.
Watercolor baby dolls, barbie doll, American Girl doll painted on paper in response to One Watercolor a Day challenge of paint children’s toys.
Jewish holiday season: relationship between Jewish holidays and nature? We sit out in sukkah. We pay attention to the moon – Jewish calendar is lunar.
Guest poem by Daniel called The Lament of People of Sodom. Rosh Hashana links to honey cake, sephardi piyut, symbols – simanim for Rosh Hashana
Fast Day of Shiva Assar B’Tammuz – 17th of Tammuz – Jerusalem walls were broken by Romans. Three weeks later, Temple was destroyed. Jerusalem has a mix of architecture.
Grave of Shimon Bar Yohai and his son Eleazar in Meiron, Israel – visit the prune shop. Wear modest clothing. Men and women entrances. Caves and graves.