Resources and Articles by Ben Jacobson
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Jacobson,
Ben
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Ben Jacobson is a freelance creative who has been living and working in Jerusalem since making aliyah in October 1999. A few months after completing his undergraduate work in Mass Communications and Advertising at Boston University, Jacobson took over
as the editor of IT Magazine, the English-language culture guide to Jerusalem. Today Jacobson also serves as Art Director for the creative communications boutique Studio IT, an extension of IT Magazine.
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Society:
The Anglo Jerusalemite Stereotype Guide
So varied and established is the English-speaking community in Jerusalem that one can even generalize about the types of English-speakers who frequent particular areas of the city. Of course, generalizations like these are inherently flawed in that they give an over-simplified picture, but below are five easy categories of Jerusalemite Anglos and several characteristics that help identify them.
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Aliyah InfoBase
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Housing
Aliyah InfoBase
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Life as a Tourist (and the next step...)
Aliyah InfoBase
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Useful Information for the Oleh
Israel
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Jerusalem
Nightlife: Intifada Style:
Monday Nights at Home in Jerusalem
Just how dead is Jerusalem’s nightlife? Has the intifada really killed what few options for going out there once were?
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Artistic Expressions
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Music
Israel
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Jerusalem
Peace Process
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Terrorism
A Visit to Mt. Meiron:
The Galilean Springtime Carnival of Amulets and Fire
During a trip to Mt. Meiron for Lag B'Omer, Ben Jacobson gets more than he bargained for.
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Judaism
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Holidays with a Twist
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Lag B'Omer
A Reverse Pilgrimage:
Back to the Diaspora for Passover
Jacobson, a new oleh, struggles with the meaning of going 'home' to his family in the diaspora for Passover.
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Judaism
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Holidays with a Twist
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Pesach
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