Monthly Archives: December 2005

Good טוב luck מזל

Posted on December 26, 2005 by elie

Mazal tov! So I want to let you all know that I got engaged last night… “Got engaged”, it’s a funny way to say it, isn’t it, as if, you couldn’t help it – oops, got engaged! So before I … Continue reading →

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A year of accomplishments.

Posted on December 26, 2005 by elie

A year ago I set out to find a home; a year later I have found the grounds and a person with whom to build it…Now is when I am really feeling I made aliyah – now is when this … Continue reading →

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exMas

Posted on December 25, 2005 by elie

As it is erev Hanukkah, my new 8-shek metal menora is perched on the window sill waiting for its big moment. It’s been pouring here for the last couple of days and snowing up North on the mountain tops – … Continue reading →

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Sigh language.

Posted on December 19, 2005 by elie

Nevermind. I just spent 20 minutes speaking sign language with a Thailandi.

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The Israeli post office: a common language in frustration.

Posted on December 19, 2005 by elie

“All my life I have been inconsolably grieved about two things. I was not born in Jerusalem, not even in the Land of Israel. And my speech, from the moment I was able to utter words, was not in Hebrew.”- … Continue reading →

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confession from behind the black plastic frame glasses.

Posted on December 15, 2005 by elie

I walked into a university library today for the first time in ages. Strolling through the stacks of old books, the faint odor of yellowed crispy pages surrounding my head, I felt so invigorated: So much to do! So much … Continue reading →

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The Cuban Missile Crisis and me.

Posted on December 14, 2005 by elie

I’m reflecting on a little something from class on the Cuban Missile Crisis yesterday: “We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two … Continue reading →

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