Team Liz in Amsterdam

The Kaiserfolk (Carl, Judy, Mark, Saul and Liz) headed to Amsterdam for a five day holiday of museums, site seeing and eating good food. Saul and Liz arrived a couple of days early and also visited Rotterdam as well as the Hague. The review of Holland from Saul and Liz is - if you have not been there you ought to go. A beautiful country with lovely people who almost all speak English (very helpful when your bike breaks down in the country side) as well as good food, museums and lots and lots of canals.






Saul and Liz rented bikes on our first day in Amsterdam. This was our first stop, Dam Square at the heart of downtown Amsterdam. We biked out of town about 2 hours when Liz's bike broke down...



Liz left her broken bike in a small town outside Amsterdam and rode back on the back of Saul's bike which enabled her to take lots of pictures, some better than others. This one is of the back of Saul's head.


Here you can catch a glimpse of the famous windmills of Holland along the Amstel River - the same River that Amstel Beer is proudly named after.

Carl & Judy in Jerusalem

We were thrilled to welcome the Kaiserparents (Judy and Carl) to Jerusalem. We have spent 2 days touring all around town. Here are some highlights from our days.


Saul shows Judy our fabulous view.

Saul and Judy in front of Moses Montefiore's windmill. The windmill is in Yamin Moshe, the first neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem (c. 1860's).

A big shout-out to Avi and Alex for the awesome wedding gift of matching camelbacks. You can see Saul with his here. Needless to say we have never been as hydrated as these last two days of walking around Jerusalem. Thanks!


Judy, Carl and Saul on the Mount of Olives looking out at the Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount.

Most Recent Visit to the States

We have been very blessed this year that many of our friends have had beautiful healthy babies. On our most recent trip to the states (end of May until beginning of June) we visited our friend Mike and his new baby boy Paul who was born at the beginning of March. Liz's mom joined us for the journey to New Haven, CT.





By chance Saul arrived just in time to share dinner with his parents and Liz's mom and step-dad.

Team Liz Hosts an End of Semester BBQ

The last weekend of the semester (May 20th) we hosted my HUC class for an end of term BBQ. Check out Saul's awesome new apron - thanks Amy!





View from our kitchen out onto our front patio with friends eating the tasty BBQ.

Valentines Day in Israel

Yes, it is a bit strange to celebrate St. Valentine's Day
with a bunch of rabbinic, cantorial and Jewish
education students in Israel.
However, here's a sweet picture of us from a fun party.

Team Liz's Wedding

Here are some highlight photos from our wedding - December 31, 2005.
Ketubah Signing

Cutting the cake.

Saul dancing with his Mom.

Liz dancing with her Dad.

A long weekend in Jordan - October 2005

Team Liz in Petra, Jordan.
Liz and the camels in front of the Treasury, which really wasn't a treasury.


A forty-five minute hike uphill takes you to the Monastery, which you can see over Liz's shoulder. It looks a lot like the Treasury, so if you're not so into hiking, you can skip this one. We liked the views a lot though.