Encounter Point

Wednesday night Mike and I watched Encounter Point. Wow.  What an incredible documentary.  From the website:  
Encounter Point is an 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the [...]

Coming Home

Tomorrow will mark the 35th day I’ve been away from home.  My Israeli taxi driver joked it was like I as in the Amry — but with no guns.   HA. 
I’m at Ben Gurion Airport, waiting in the Dan Lounge, drinking Israeli wine and eating hummus.   What a way to go!  Oh, and working, [...]

Bad Art Day in Jerusalem

I was so looking forward to this trip to Jerusalem.  I’ve been saying that a lot about

 this visit to Israel.   I am coming to understand how photographers really need to scout a site.  And to test shoot photos.  And experiment.  A lot.  
As a very amateur travel photographer, I usually only get one chance. [...]

If someone tells you they’re Mossad, they’re lying.

I’m in Tel Aviv.  My phone rang at 6:02 this morning.  I didn’t recognize the number.  ”Hello” I answered, in a rough morning voice.  ”Hey, it’s Tad” comes the cheerful, bright answer through the phone lines.  Clearly he’s been drinking and it’s not 6:00 am where he is.  But it doesn’t matter.  It’s good to [...]

Carmel Market, Tel Aviv

After a great breakfast and fabulous coffee, Michal, Kendra, Ken and I headed to the Carmel Art Market in Tel Aviv.  This art market runs Tuesdays and Fridays and is full of vendors selling arts and crafts they’ve made themselves.  It’s wonderfully colorful and fun.   Just walking down the street is a treat.   Every [...]