by Penny Zibula | May 19, 2016 | Middle East, Weekly Wow!
Take a lesson in Survival from this Ancient Port City. As far back as I can remember, I’ve loved oranges, and growing up in a predominately Jewish neighborhood of Montreal, the Jaffa brand was a frequent guest in our house. For much of my life, I associated Jaffa with... by Penny Zibula | Apr 7, 2016 | Middle East, Weekly Wow!
Israeli Ingenuity at Its Mind-Boggling Best. Systematically moving my fingers over the smooth surface of the wooden box, I searched for a clue as to how to open the two small drawers it contained. It seemed hopeless, but just when I was about to throw in the towel... by Penny Zibula | Feb 26, 2016 | Food & Beverage, Middle East, Weekly Wow!
Moti Bohadana’s Unique Way of Honoring the Women in His Life. There are many nations that come to mind at the mention of better-than-average beer: Ireland, England, Germany, the Czech Republic and, thanks to the proliferation of microbreweries, the United states, to... by Penny Zibula | Feb 12, 2016 | Middle East, Weekly Wow!
Where Christianity’s Greatest Despair and Its Brightest Hope Meet. Kneeling in front of the large flat stone of limestone marble, my fingertips tentatively touched the smooth, cool surface. It was not the original anointing stone where Joseph of Arimathea placed the... by Penny Zibula | Jul 10, 2015 | Middle East, Weekly Wow!
Hot Coffee and a Cool Place for a Bar Mitzvah We were in the desert, and deserts are supposed to be hot. Right? Well, the Negev in Israel obviously didn’t get the message on that morning in early March. Oh, it was warm to be sure, but not the preview of hell I was... by Penny Zibula | Feb 6, 2015 | Middle East, Weekly Wow!
From Unwelcoming Wasteland to Garden of Eden It used to be that the word “desert” would conjure up visions of endless mountains of sand and rock: barren, unrelentingly arid and hot, but beautiful in its own right. That was until my Israeli cousin took Simon, Otto and...