Went up to the Tel Aviv University campus yesterday to go to the Jewish Diaspora museum. It was in interesting place. It was basically a history of the jews and didnt have artifacts or anything, it was more about how the jews ended up where they did and where we all have come from. Lots of pictures and reproductions of things such as synogogues around the world which was really cool--who knew there was a shul in china?? and it looks like a traditional chinese ...

Hello! Have been getting along quite well here in tel aviv! It really is such a great city. Its small so almost everything is walkable and the water is never too far away! Layed out at the beach on shabbatt which was so nice! And this week at work has been good. Got off early today and wandered down to Jaffa and went through the old part of the city. It used to be the busiest port in Israel and had been demolished/rebuilt many times over thousands of years. ...

So this entry will be devoted to the real reason I came to Israel--to do a pediatrics rotation. So far I have had 3 days of work and they have been great! The first day I was at Safra Children's Hospital which is a HUGE beautiful and new hospital which is adorable and VERY kid oriented with bright colors and lots of little play areas for the children. I spent the day in peds endocrinology which was very interesting considering the high level of consanguinity am...

Greetings! Would have written earlier but I just got back from 4 days in Southern Israel and Egypt where I didnt have access to internet! I actually got back 2 days ago but I was exhausted and had a million things to do and then I started work yesterday, so I apologize for the delay :) On Wednesday I went with a few of the sackler students (that is the american medical school at Tel Aviv U associated with NYU in the states) down to Eilat and then crossed the bo...

Hi! Welcome to my blog! Just arrived in Israel yesterday after a great flight--there was nobody in the seat next to me so i was able to get some good sleep. And there were probably 350 movie/tv choices though I fell asleep about 20 minutes into sex and the city 2 (but I caught the rest of it at the end of the flight!). The apartment is great! It has a beautiful view of tel aviv, including the Mediterranean Sea! Check out the photo album on this site, thats whe...