Month: November 2005

  • Grad, you ate?

    A little something on Israeli university culture as opposed to what I’ve known (in relation to my academic culture shock in the last 2 weeks): In the States, university was a hardcore 24/7 experience. I lived, ate, breathed college in dorm, lecture hall and frat party forms. As far as work, it was intense from…

  • 10th year memorial – already…

    my brother went to the huge 10th year memorial service in Kikar Rabin in Tel Aviv, 12.11.05 (pushed off because Clinton could only come now instead of the actual date, 4.11.05) the assassinated prime minister the conspiracy theories did he or didn’t he?

  • What was, what is, what will be?

    Jordan Sinai Egypt England Spain Saudi Arabia Morocco Indonesia US to name a few.

  • From the mouths of babes and professors.

    The two secrets2success I’ve been told about aliyah, have, unsurprisingly, to do with the manner and condition of the self-image. The first The second: My Jews & Conflict in the Modern Age professor gave me a lift home tonight. He’s originally from Chicago; he’s been here for over 25 years. Impeccable hebrew, by the way,…

  • Yalla, t'dabri.

    i arrived at class early.my heart sank as i realized the teacher was 100% hard-ass. blonde hair tied back, tightly bunned. blond people scare me.her thin drawn lips – her short-squat posture – were reminiscent of Israeli teachers in the past… enough to make me wince at the thought of speaking Hebrew in this class,…

  • Two years in the making; and…

    …did it. taxied to the central bus station in 20 minutes, got to Bar Ilan in an hour, arrived at class early. made an Israeli friend in class. hung out with him during breaks. spoke Hebrew more than i ever did in a 4 hour period. sat through 2 Hebrew lectures. got all jists. spoke…