Month: April 2006
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wiev – fo – tniop
I sat backwards on the bus today to see what it would look like to lose everything.
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Basa and buses!
Ichs. Dragged over to Bar Ilan during our supposed Pessach vacation to take a final in Family Law (in Judaism). I was never very good at the halacha finals in high school, and some things never change. The moed bet is in September. BUT! I got to ride the new #5 bus line to work…
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We're not in the Golan anymore, Toto.
Tornado in Israel! (video needs IE and Hebrew comprehension)
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A text from Warsaw.
My brother texted me from Warsaw, Poland today. In 60 years, how things change.
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Mantra: Language barriers are mutual.
I keep forgetting… Language barriers are mutual… at least when you start out an English speaker. I keep forgetting that while I am shy about speaking up in class in Hebrew, some of my classmates are shy about speaking to me, or anyone, in English. I keep forgetting that while I don’t understand every item…
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On buses and facelessness.
The bus closest to my house is the 18. But it’s not the ideal bus. Today I raced through the hard rain to the bus stop a bit further, where the 18, 4 and 24 all stop, because lately, I’ve been waiting for 15-20 minutes for the 18 near my house.I waited a good 5…
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The Right Stuff.
Daniel Pipes, a new kind of Israel-basher By Bradley Burston I used to be an American Jew. And then I read Daniel Pipes. “As Israelis go to the polls,” Dr. Pipes wrote this week in an article that originally appeared in the New York Sun, “not one of the leading parties offers the option of…
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Olmert's first words.
Ehud Olmert, in a statement, after his party received the most mandates: “In the near future we aspire to fashion the permanent borders of the State of Israel, as a Jewish and democratic state with a permanent Jewish majority. We will attempt this through negotiations with our Palestinian neighbors. That is our hope; it is…