Month: September 2005

  • lizrael update: back to school edition

    registered for my courses today. since it’s grad school and my first year, i’m mostly signed up for required classes (it just took me a good 10 seconds to remember how to say that in english, weird).here’s a synopsis – ניהול סיכסוכים בקהילות יהודיות בעת החדשהמודלים וגישות במו’מ וניהול סיכסוכיםגישות חברתיות–פסיכולולגיות למשא ומתןסמינר בינתחומי אינטגרטיבי…

  • we all need answers…

    A: well…what is ur ultimate purpose coming to Israel?L: hmm. live life here? do what i wanna do here?A: what was ur purpose in coming here?L: live my jewish life in israel.A: why, religion isnt driving u…L: yeah it is, maybe not traditional-looking religion or yeshiva-looking religion, but if i werent jewish i wouldnt be…

  • dirty old israeli men…

    sharon beat netanyahu…breathe easy.

  • conversation peace.

    Subject: HiDate: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Hi Liz, It was nice meeting you last night at XXXXX. I enjoyed hearing about your interest in the “conflict management and negotiation” program at BIU. I thought that it would be nice to share some ideas on the subject. It’s interesting that the program title contains the word…

  • holydays in holyplaces

    i’m deciding that i don’t want to be in jerusalem for the chagim. i’m not too crazy about holy days; not like it used to be anyway… sentimental… but jerusalem, as it says so eloquently in Ktuvim, is a whore. even the old city is littered with ‘foxes’. it’s depressing as hell, whether i’m religious…

  • Lizrael Update: technicals and practicals.

    A boring, technical Lizrael Update for yous. Work, work all day. On the job front, things are going really well. My workplace is calm and friendly, half Anglo, half Israeli. The top people treat the bottom people with respect. I’m not exactly bottom by any means, but I’m just saying. It’s chock fulla respect here.…

  • a little bit more of the usual.

    sunday morning. time to buy a new cartisiya (bus card). note to liz: now you have a job, no more getting 18 and under cards with ten free rides. you have a job now, you can afford to be legit. alight the bus. pass by the youngish lady who is chatting with bus driver. smile…

  • how do you view your work?

    something about working in modern-day Jerusalem: yesterday i was in a conference call meeting with my two bosses and our PR firm in New York. when we ended the call and reviewed the meeting, one of my bosses joked, ‘we gotta get those guys over here to see where they are calling to every week.’…

  • expansion to 11.9.05

    [expansion from previous entry:] well, on one hand, i’m beginning to see things how non-americans see them. i already was when i was in England for 6 months, including the month backpacking western Europe, but now i think people feel even more comfortable being honest with me because they see that i have made a…

  • 11.9.05

    i think that i have evolved as an american since leaving america… i think that some people do this and some don’t. i think i had it in me and here it is, growing and turning and moving around… evaluating how i grew up and how my american society shaped me and shapes itself and…

  • pros! cons!

    intense! Answers.com: pros: flexible, good pay, good benefits, less time, friendly relaxed atmosphere, anglo/israeli atmosphere, next to the mall (convenience), 15 min bus ride, potential for moving up within a few months, stay in jerusalem (live), can concentrate on school bettercons: not as ambitious, but still ambitious (marketing skills, people skills, management skills) Peres Center…

  • Character trait.

    friend: “you’re always scared of commitment, but of course you can quit, but you’ve never ever been afraid of working hard at a job.”