Month: January 2006

Haaretz Enough said.

You know you’re Israeli when… …you have a friend named Moran.

As of yesterday, I have embarked on a journey into the murky waters of the murky Israeli drivers bureau. [Did you know? Israeli driving instructors are required to fail 50% of their testers every day.] And there is a conspiracy theory that Israeli Anglos fail faster because the officials know that they will come back…

הלכנו לראות (וגם לשמוע!) את הדג נחש… סוף םוף, אחרי שנתיים שרציתי, ובקשתי פעמיים את חברים שלי לבוא איתי בנו יורק, אבל הם לא רצות ואז הלכו אחרי שעליתי! (איזה חוצפה באמת). אז היה כיף מעוד (אחרי שנתיים) במעבדה, ונהנתי. היתה להם כל האנרגיה שציפיתי! כל הכבוד! י

What about getting married with the entire Jerusalem encased in gold behind you on the day of love in Judaism? golemproductions

“…if Sharon were able to participate in the March 28 elections, Netanyahu would have competed against him and would have said that Sharon caused Israel great security harm in pulling out from the Gaza Strip. Instead, Netanyahu is now presenting himself as Sharon’s past partner and future heir.” (Haaretz 11.1.06) …shutter… (Haaretz 11.1.06)

e: sharon is movingF: great… I see lots of physical and speech therapy in his futuree: yeah; at 77F: never too late…

I feel myself floating through this process…From New York to an El Al plane, from sky over the Atlantic to th steps of the plane, to the land of Israel, non stop to Jerusalem.Floating through ulpan, through culture shock, through challenges, through re-education, through job-hunting to job finding, to finding someone, to a direction.Floating over…

Mazel tov ma·zel tov also ma·zal tov interj. Used to express congratulations or best wishes. [Mishnaic Hebrew mazzāl ṭôb, good luck : mazzāl, constellation, destiny (ultimately from Akkadian manzaltu, mazzaztum, position of a star, from izuzzu, to stand) + ṭôb, good.]

So the past two weeks of being engaged have been: a. busyb. a bit stressfulc. a bit frustratingd. fun e. exciting That’s not just an American style test… It really has been all 5… We solidified the photographer (Aussie) and videographer (American) first and second. I guess that was so easy and quick because that…

“Doctors to try to place shawarma near PM to stimulate sense of smell.” (Army Radio)

The sun was shining the day I arrived on aliyah, and so it is today, a year later…