Month: April 2006

  • Sports report.

    Sports always appealed to me most when I could view it as a patriotic thing. Go New York! Go U.S.! Tonight could have been about Israel, but the fact is, the team is a lot of NBA rejects. Americans lost to the Russians tonight, not Israel. (Seems I was the only one of my Israeli…

  • So far, so smooth.

    Everyone told me what to expect: problems, rudeness, long lines, maybe even crying. “If your parents’ ketuba says ‘temple’ they will automatically assume they got married in a Reform process so they won’t accept it. My friend had to go through hell to prove her parents were married and she was Jewish.” “If you want…

  • Me-shirts.

    You know that it’s an Anglo when the t-shirt says, “Israel.” You know that it’s an Israeli when the t-shirt says, “Brazil.” (And you know it’s my brother when the t-shirt says, “Rami Levi.”)

  • Remember what happens when you assume…

    Taken from the JPost, words translated (April 24th) from Iranian President Ahmadinejad. I took the liberty of explaining some of his more – confusing- terms… Well, in any case, consider the links my commentary: “The greatest problem from which humanity suffers today, the main problem facing the countries of the Middle East, is the continuation…

  • Erev Yom HaShoah.

    I can’t think of a better way to commermorate Yom HaShoah on the eve of the day in 2006 than to be listening to the Yad Vashem programming on the radio, a yarzheit candle lit nearby, and reading about the Iranian president’s declarations to destroy Israel, unless the Jews return to their countries in Europe.

  • Part of the whole story.

    Someone asked me to tell them about my aliyah experience for a school project so I ended up writing out a lot of the whole story, the first time I ever did that. Here it is, for me to remember, and in case there are holes elsewhere that needed filling in. I grew up in Staten…

  • Curious religiousity.

    Apparently, my odd version of religious observance is stirring increasing curiousity amongst some coworkers. My office is mostly observant, from American-style modern orthodox to Israeli national-religious to Beit Shemesh black-and-white to full on Charedi. Me? I don’t really talk about my religious observance style much. I never really consider anyone interested, but the more people…

  • Welcome to Jerusalem.

    HaaretzWeird…

  • Iranic.

    Someone should tell Ahmadinejad to stick with the poetry and drop the leadership gig.

  • Musing history.

    Explored the Israel Museum and Bible Lands Museum today; free entry thanks to Bank Hapoalim. (Thank you Bank Hapoalim. That doesn’t excuse you from pinching money from me for no reason every once in awhile. Happy holiday.) It’s amazing how different the Bible can seem through a historical magnifying glass. When you start to filter…

  • Burnin' for you again.

    Jews are the only people who burn their food on purpose. Anyone want toast? It’s fresh.

  • Burnin' for you.

    My nostrils are burning because bread is burning outside. Everywhere. Last year when we burned chametz on Erev Pesach, I remember there was a group of people standing around and these old Nachlaot men were orchestrating and smoke was going into this woman’s house and she was screaming at them and it was a balagan.…