Eliana Rudee / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Eliana Rudee / JNS.org
My Week Across Israel in 5 Pictures
JNS.org - This week I have had the privilege of traveling around Israel with a group of South Africans who are all journalists, professors, and/or editors...
Jerusalem in Transformation: Entrepreneurship in the Eternal City
JNS.org - Braving the wind, rain, and even snow in Jerusalem, I attended last week’s OurCrowd 2016 Global Investor Summit along with 2,000 others, representing more than 50...
A Staycation in Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Although the bus ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv is just about one hour, stepping off the bus seems like stepping into a completely...
The Odyssey of My First Israeli Haircut
JNS.org - Never having gotten my hair cut in Israel before, I was mildly concerned about finding a good place for a cut and some highlights....
A Big Fat Israeli Wedding
JNS.org - If you think your Jewish reunions are big, try a gathering with two Jewish families put together, plus friends from nearly every continent. And, with the...
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Jerusalem
JNS.org - The first time I was in Jerusalem for New Year’s Eve, it was 2011/2012 during my college winter break. When the clock struck midnight,...
Being Jewish and Pro-Israel in College: 2010 vs. 2015
JNS.org - This week, I was able to talk to many Jewish students from around the world (including a friend from my alma mater who is...
New to Israel, and Finding a Pipe to Nowhere
JNS.org - Torah is awash in stories connecting water with miracles. This is not one of them. Six months in, and I have taken the plunge...
The Aliyah Trail: End of Ulpan, Apartment-Hunting and Moving
JNS.org - This week marked the biggest transition point for me since making aliyah — the end of the five-month ulpan (Hebrew-language immersion school) has come,...
A Hanukkah Miracle in Israel
JNS.org - When I was a kid, Hanukkah was my favorite holiday. I loved the family get-togethers, the latkes my mom made, and of course, celebrating...
A Marriage Shows What Israel Is Truly Made Of
JNS.org - On Nov. 26, I went to the wedding celebration of Sarah Tehiya Litman and Ariel Beigel, just two weeks after Sarah’s father and 18-year-old...
This One’s for Ezra Schwartz: An Immigrant to Israel Reflects on Fellow American
JNS.org - I really wanted to write about something else this week. But I just can’t ignore the unrelenting attacks happening in Israel. Just last week,...
Paris Attacks Shed Light on Aliyah in Good Times and Bad
JNS.org - Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to express a type of grief they know all too well, following the murderous...
A Tale of Israeli Bureaucracy: The Ministry of Interior
JNS.org - I remember taking my brother to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Seattle to get his driver’s license. We arrived early in the morning, took...
