Month: February 2012

  • We are the Anglos in Israel.

    Over seven years here, and you know what? It’s time to own it. Way to own it, Yosef Adest! And check out the bloopers for Sh*t Anglos in Israel Say. Great job, guys! [Psst, Adest lives here]

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Dirty.

    Visiting my hometown this week: Staten Island. Need I say more? So much opportunity: the landfill, the sanitation building, New Jersey, the beach, American cash, the natives, the tanning salons… But I ran out of time and good weather. Week 8: Dirty There was a Snooki the day before, but I messed up and forgot…

  • So *this* is mother guilt.

    I’m panicking. I’m even kind of shaking. I know it’s ridiculous, but then again, I really don’t. Bebe and I are leaving tonight on a two-week trip to New York and Florida to visit family. I’ve been really looking forward to this trip for weeks. It was an ‘on a whim’ thing, and I think…

  • Einstein spending Purim in Beitar Illit?

    One of the best things about Purim is the idea that you can enjoy the humor, the sass, the tongue-in-cheek quality of opposites. You can turn the world upside-down, you can defy the laws of gravity with a sprinkle of humor and darkness. So why was I so amused to find, in Beitar Illit, my…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Color.

    Photography-wise, I decided to take the project seriously this week. So I dug out a lil something from a past life – make up – and braved the windy mirpeset to get some sunlight last Friday. P.S. How appropriate that I ended up having this conversation during Color week? Week 7: Color

  • Color ignorant.

    The innocence of babes is alive and well… even if it’s for just a few short years. Koala and I were looking at a book last night. He pointed to a picture of a brown-skinned teacher. “What’s that?” “A teacher.” Pointing lower, “what’s that?” “Her legs.” “What’s the brown?” I’ve been wondering when he’d ask.…

  • Moving to Israel? Make sure you Stick Around.

    To ulpan or not to ulpan? It’s up to you, but it doesn’t have to end when you leave the musty, dingy premises of the classroom… Take ulpan home with you with Stick Around. The story behind Stick Around goes something like this: “Aaaahhh!!!” my wife yelled, and even though it’s not a word, I could…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Line From A Song.

    All week, it’s been the ‘I’ word. Which brings up the ‘w’ word, which brings up the ‘b’ word and so on and so on… When I did this photo shoot, I was nearly in tears the first take. My son was around, watching me take the boxes out of the closet and arranging them…

  • I live here.

    Loving the weather. On my walk today, I literally went off the beaten track and decided to do what I’ve been wanting to do for months. I turned into the valley here in Tzur Hadassah and walked through our local nature zone. The grass is *spectacular* because of all the rain we’ve been getting. Lush, green,…

  • Bebe update: Ten months.

    Hello little nuzzle. This month felt really long. Maybe it’s because I’ve been working my bum off at my job. Maybe because, as such, I’ve been doing better at appreciating every single day I get to spend with you when you guys come home from gan. Maybe it’s because you’re doing so many new things.…

  • The rain was worth it.

    In honor of Tu B’shvat and an actual sunny day, we took a lil stroll in our backyard, the (now green) woodsy hills around Nes Harim. See how green the grass is? Mashiv HaRuach U’Morid HaGeshem. 

  • I ate the carob.

    Remember going to Jewish day school in the States? Remember Tu B’Shvat back then? You were kinda like, wtf is this? But we get to draw trees and make tissue paper flowers, ok. We sing happy birthday to nature and best of all, we get to take home a lil plastic baggie of dried fruit.…