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“The Slide”

November 7, 2013by Daniel Kronovet Leave a comment

“It was a slide. The biggest slide I had ever known. It towered above the ground, above my three-, five-, six-year-old self like a mountain. The slide was wide — […]

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Art and Creativity
From an art exhibit in Jerusalem

A Veteran Israeli Soldier’s Take on Syria, as Told Over Cigarettes

September 8, 2013by Daniel Kronovet Leave a comment

On Thursday night my family had dinner at my Israeli cousin’s house. She’s a young mother, with three adorable children (aged 2 months to about 5 years) and a fascinating, […]

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Current Events, Politics and Society

Final Travel Article is up on HuffPo

August 14, 2013by Daniel Kronovet Leave a comment

I wrote a big sort of “lessons-learned” blog post for the Huffington Post’s travel blog (where I’ve been an erratic fixture this past half-year) summarizing some of the lessons I’ve […]

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Politics and Society, Reflections and Abstractions

The Religious Mindset

January 25, 2013by Daniel Kronovet 1 Comment

Last week, I finished a six-week course of study at Mayanot, an orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem. It was the deepest I had ever delved into the world of religion, […]

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Art and Creativity, Politics and Society, Reflections and Abstractions

The Kibbutz: A Profile of the Ulpanists

November 21, 2012by Daniel Kronovet 1 Comment

I want to talk a little bit about the kinds of people who come to the Ulpan at kibbutz Ma’agan Michael. During my eleven weeks on the kibbutz, I’ve gotten […]

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Politics and Society, Reflections and Abstractions
Bicycle on a kibbutz road

The Kibbutz: Dinner With My Host Family

August 26, 2012by Daniel Kronovet Leave a comment

I had dinner with my host family for the first time tonight. For context, most Ulpanists, if they so desire, can ask to be “adopted” by a host family, a […]

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Current Events, Politics and Society

The Kibbutz: An Aside

August 11, 2012by Daniel Kronovet Leave a comment

En route to a meteor shower, one of my classmates (who also knows the two couples mentioned in the previous post) tells me that the two women of the pair […]

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Politics and Society, Reflections and Abstractions
Kibbutz Garden

First Observations of the Kibbutz

August 2, 2012by Daniel Kronovet 1 Comment

I arrived at the kibbutz Ma’agen Michael yesterday. Thus far my time has been spent meeting the other Ulpanists (students in the five-month hebrew language program), getting oriented and acclimated […]

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