Lizrael Update

Month: May 2012

  • I was never an Israeli child so I’ll likely never get this.

    Lag B’Omer. I’m leveling with you: as an adult olah, I will probably never ever understand fully the appeal and utter dismissal for environmental health and safety that is this 33rd day of the counting of the Omer… in Israel. Until this morning I couldn’t for the life of me remember what we Americanos did…

  • Bebe update: Thirteen months.

    Welcome to being over the hill, babyhood-style. We started the month, Bebe, with you taking me on a nostalgic trip to the college days, as you went through some kind of boob-spurt and practically tore my shirt off any time you wanted to nurse. It was like as soon as the clock turned one-year, you…

  • The way the Internets are played in Israel.

    This is a funny kind of report, funded by Google Israel, but it’s still interesting to note: Arabs in Israel blog more than Jews, study finds (or if you can’t stomach JPost so well, here’s Israel Hayom). It’s not surprising that over 70% of Israelis surf the internet. It is kinda interesting to learn that Haredim beat…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Sound.

    Here’s what I learned: Sound is tough to photograph. If you don’t want to be cliche. I got some cool shots of construction trucks mid-scooping and dropping dirt (I can’t remember how to say their names in English, aside from the names they have on Bob the Builder. Seriously.). But they didn’t convey the sound…

  • You’re doing it wrong.

    Hey, Pumpface. I think you’re doing it wrong.

  • An IDF soldier may be missing; search on for נטע ברנד.

    I received this email a few hours ago from our local Tzur Hadassah announcement list: עזרה דחופה לאיתור חייל נעדר מגבעת ישעיהו היום בסביבות  השעה  8:30 נראה החייל נטע ברנד מגבעת ישעיהו בכניסה לישוב. מאז נותק הקשר עימו ויש חשש לחייו. נטע לבש מדי צה”ל ונשא נשק. ברגעים אלו מתבצעים חיפושים נרחבים באזור גבעת ישעיהו. כל…

  • There’s a third camp…

    …the people who just live here. I’ve seen one too many Western aliyah/Anglo-bashing/Anglo-praising/Anglo-centric articles in the last week so now I’m just gonna mouth off a little. It seems people are either complaining about Anglos who need to get over it – ‘yes life is a struggle here in Israel, deal with it‘ – or…