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A trip to Israel funded by Stand WIth Us, a non-profit organization promoting the positive worldview of the state of Israel.

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2012 brought many blessings... Trips to Hawaii, California & Israel, gigs with Tiff & Co, photographing more incredible weddings & births & events and to top it all off: news of our long anticipated pregnancy. In the void of children in my life for so man

the land where the clouds float up // #israel

I had an ultrasound this morning (I'm 18 weeks pregnant) and the little thang was in a tight little ball and wouldn't budge! We couldnt even see the face since they were pointed down and away! So much mystery. But we know they have 2 arms and 2 legs and a

outside the grottos of #roshhanikra // #israel

I'll tell you how the #sunset in #israel , one light ray upon light ray bursting through the aged stone at a time // #latergram #onceinalifetimehd

the waves of the Sea of Galilee cannot so quickly be forgotten // #israel #onceinalifetimehd #seaofgalilee #sea #waves

One of the kindest souls I've met. Meet @astrodub . She's a very talented artist, for hire! // Here Angeliki watches the sun rise over the #sea // #israel #onceinalifetimehd #ifportrait #postmoreportraits #portrait

This is my beautiful friend @sgoralnick . Maybe you remember she is one of the many Lovelies I went to Israel with in Sept! She lives in New York and, along with my other great friends @luke_ditella & @melissa_dilger & @samhorine, they have all been an ac

an #Israel state of mind

Write, if you have something to say. // A small group of students , passionate, gathered in a circle, contemplating ways they could change the world. "Let's bring the best Instagram photographers to Israel and let them share their experience with the worl

Let's just say I've slept almost the entire last 48 hrs solid, did laundry, went grocery shopping and came home with this... I'm not missing #israel or anything.... #israeli #hummus #shasuka #addictions // @croyable @vutheara @sgoralnick @samhorine @bexf

Beautiful @bexfinch #israel

Me, photographed by one of the most talented portrait photographers I know , @bexfinch , in Caesarea Harbor, next to Herod's palace. Thank you Bexi! #israel #caesarea #portrait #girl

#seagal on the Mediterranean // It's 4:28am. I'm wide awake, trying to tread water in this transition from heaven to earth. No use swimming against the tide: emails will get answered, laundry done. Until then trimming these sails to catch the wind, starbo

#fromwhereiwrite // waking up on the Sea of Galilee #latergram

After being in flight for almost 16 hrs, I'm home. And when I wake from this nap from exhaustion I'm about to take , I'll tell you of the most beautiful dream I had.... something about the ancient cities , kind hearts & the sea... // miss you #onceinal

A final farewell to the Mediterranean Sea #israel #israelhd

One of our fearless, lovely, darling, extremely hard-working leaders @talishoavi !!!!!! xo

Today I leave , but I want to tell you a secret. Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud: Israel , you are my heartbeat. I cannot live, breathe , make another move without your blood moving through my veins . // Where ever I go, I carry you w

Sailing this wine dark sea... #sea-gal

You'll find me by the sea, my Love, where salty warm breezes flow. You'll find this Land in my heart, my Love, whether here or wherever I go. I'll watch these rolling waves peak and smile, for here a brief moment I'll hope, that I will return soon to the

The grottos of Rosh Hanikra!! The life-force of the Mediterranean carved out these caves! Impressive!!

@sgoralnick @samhorine @bexfinch conquering Herod's palace

The cutest @bexfinch braving Caesarea's waves

crashing over me ....

A sad goodbye to the Sea of Galilee. It is Israel's largest fresh water reservoir and it's sunrises... magnificent ...

#fromwhereiwrite sunrise on the sea of galilee

The Sea of Galilee is really this blue, #nofilter . This Land is full of surprises, my friend. More than legends, This Land has history. Isn't this the beauty that shrouds science and faith? Where science pushes us to the edge of the dock with facts and e

First #olloclip macro shot with the #iphone! :) // #succulent #green #cacti

one boat is leaving port, one is now arriving / one's not right , nor the other wrong, but we'll all still die trying // just arrived at the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee and I'm blown away by the breadth and landscape of this country

Beautiful @sgoralnick at the Baha'i Gardens

I wish I could have spent all day here.... quietude on the north slope of Mount Carmel

we're drift on a sail boat. my love is the sea. yours is the horizon, constant & steady / b fraser // my kind of style : Israeli street art

leather & stripes w/ @bexfinch & @vutheara

I swam in the sea tonight, not far from this very shore. It was so dark we couldn't even tell the impending waves from the horizon... until they were swallowing us. Unforgettable.

Riding these waves... #israelhd

#jumpstagram Beautiful Yael and Ira on our walk along Tel Aviv's glistening shore. // Thank you to @vutheara for showing me your #snapseed editing secrets!! #israelhd

This is an olive tree.

#Fromwhereiwrite // Thank you La Meridian for some much needed R&R today

Lovely @astrodub about to go for a swim in the #deadsea outside the luxurious Le Meridian #israelhd

Did you know? The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient manuscripts that were discovered between 1947 - 1956 in 11 caves near Khirbet Qumran, on the northwestern shores of this very Dead Sea. They are approximately two thousand years old, dating from the third ce

I awoke wrapped in white light, the strangest feeling. My view , the Dead Sea. #israelhd

Our understanding is limited to first our assumptions & finally, our questions. "Next time you'd like to be open-minded, try letting go of one of your most cherished beliefs" / I wish I knew who said this... // Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Picking fruits! So much of the produce is locally grown! Amazing!!

What are these? They looked so delicious!! Still walking around the Market!

I'm sure there is a certain day and certain time when you push your way through the tall black hats, patterned scarves and curious children, but the buzz from the few shoppers at Mahane Yahuda Market today made me wish I wasn't a tourist. I wish to be a l

we never walk on stones un-tread // Jerusalem's narrow alleys and winding streets play and replay in my mind. I think I could take these steps 100 years over and never tire of this path... #israelhd

A momentary reprieve in the heat at the Kotel #israelhd #blue #bluesky

Unbelievable architecture in this city of muted rich tones... #israelhd #architecture #stone #israel #jerusalem

@vutheara walking the Tower of David #israelhd #israel #architecture

"You are a Christian?" she asked me. "Nope" I replied. "You are a Jew then?"she urged. I smiled. "Nope." And the truth is I believe this: the answer lies in our hearts. There is One. And I feel this Presence so strongly, in the intricate archways and cand

This is Jerusalem. It is a pocket of light, a bursting sunbeam of truth , emet, spilling into the rest of the world.

Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem ...

Lovely @bexfinch in the archway of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre //

I've never had a dream about Jerusalem, but in this void in my mind of what I'd see and feel, was a vague familiarity once my feet were dusty in my sandals, skin beaten from the intensity of the sun and heart swollen from the emotions I couldn't hold bac

Saying goodbye to @danhotelsisrael #telaviv ! Thanks for the luxurious last few nights and abundance of decadent food! We will return!!

#telaviv art // #israel #israelhd #blue

to land, my love, let's tie our hearts, to warm sand and the sea...

If I could paint my house and shutters and pipe and staircas any color, I would probably paint them #blue too. :) #israel #telaviv #israelhd

@efratshenkor @omermiller // finishing it off with dry dark chocolate ... divine

@omermiller // cherry tomato salad , basil aioli onions and delightful olives! thank you for the delicious feast! #telaviv #israelhd

@jn @vutheara @croyable and the industrious city of #telaviv silhouetting them // #israel #israelhd

always a sea, a sea of metropolitan // from the #rooftop on #rothchild , #telaviv #israel #israelhd

good morning lovely #telaviv :) such a rush waking up on your shores...

"everything is perfect" i said. "everything can't be perfect! you can't say that! they won't believe you." // i arrived in #telaviv around 5:30 tonight after traveling for 19 hrs, was greeted with the warmest welcome, hung out with some pretty amazing Is

an israeli #sunset

we're here, and we are so grateful and happy. @bexfinch // with love, carli from #telaviv #israelhd

I guess #newyork has some pretty amazing sunsets too :) // thankful for 2 eyes to see ... @2ifbysea this is for you :)

today's the day. on my way to tel aviv... half way there, my friend. unbelievable. thankful to be here and now./ do I feel "ready"? are all of my loose ends tied up back in tx? nope. all of this has come rushing over me like the tide. just trying to take