Orit came to visit us this week, every time we see Orit or Raviv we feel uplifted seeing them as they bring their charm and tasty tasty snacks. Particularly, Orit brought krembos, a delightful Israeli treat not too disimaller too an m&s marshmallow tea cake. Just as im...

This week the Chanukah holiday ended with a fair to raise money for charity. We made shortbread (which was very successful given the short notice) and also sold dog walking and babysitting tokens. There was a nice dinner with the whole community afterwards. On the last...

Another lovely, sunny week has passed in the gorgeous south of Israel, down in Kibbutz Lotan!

The Shnatties have experienced lots of new things this week. 

One of the founders of the kibbutz, Mike Nitzan, walked us around and explained how everything was just wasteland a...