VideoJew’s VideoGuide to L.A.  #5—Jew vs. Wild

Published on November 3, 2008

VideoJew Jay Firestone goes native in this episode of VideoJew's VideoGuide to Los Angeles

VideoGuide to L.A. - Volume 5 - Jew vs. Wild

By Jay Firestone
Published on November 3, 2008

Collecting stamps

By Dikla Kadosh
Published on June 17, 2008

Baja community begins where the land ends

By Adam Wills
Published on October 5, 2006

Cabo San Lucas is at the western end of what has become a 20-mile corridor of hotels and gated communities known collectively as Los Cabos. In the last year a very visible and increasingly vibrant Jewish community is taking shape where the land meets the sea.

God Was With Us That Night in the Negev

By Daniella Kaufman
Published on August 31, 2006

This was by far the most spiritual moment in my life. I gazed up at the stars as I chanted the V'Ahavta prayer with amazing new friends, standing around the same rocks that our people had wandered past thousands of years before. My eyes couldn't help but tear up as we moved on to the Mi Chamocha, the song of freedom. At that moment I felt as though God truly was with us.

Spice Up Pesach at Ixtapa Club Med

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on March 2, 2006

Kayaking, catamarans and savory kabobs are all on the menu at the kosher Club Med program in Ixtapa, Mexico. The weather is warm, the sunsets are spectacular and the meals are to "live for."

A Torah Trek to Find a ‘God Moment’

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on February 9, 2006

I've joined 14 adults on a daylong excursion in Malibu Creek State Park led by Rabbi Mike Comins, who runs Torah Trek, Spiritual Wilderness Adventures. Whether it's a one-day exercise for first-timers -- like ours is -- or a multiday meditative adventure, the idea is to spend time studying Torah, reading, thinking, meditating and seeking a "God experience," as Comins calls it. We are now at the ultimate moment of the day, the portion called "hitbodedut," which translates from the Hebrew as "to be alone."

A Desert High in Palm Springs

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on March 4, 2004

At the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, there are a host of trails -- including a three-quarters of a mile loop through picturesque Long Valley, just behind the Mountain Station that introduces visitors to regional plants and animals.

Mothers’ March

By Naomi Segal
Published on July 24, 2003

A single mother's 120-mile hike to protest Israeli government cuts in social welfare benefits has captivated public and media attention and spawned similar pilgrimages in the country.