It’s Sunday today, which really means it’s Monday - aka, the beginning of the work week - aka, I miss the weekend already.
Here’s a slice of my weekend so we can all treasure it together and breathe through to next Shabbat:
Not many people know just how far my imagination goes or how morbid and crazy I can be. With that said, I would like to introduce you to one of the freakiest, creepiest things about Israel for me:
The teleport at Emek Ha’ela - a valley about five minutes outside of Beit Shemesh - completely creeps [...]
Check this out: Shin.Tech Blogs
It’s a site put together by the Shin Bet (also known as the Shabak), Israel’s general security service (like the American FBI). It follows the blogs of four agents who remain anonymous but talk about different angles of their service:
י’ - המוח הטכנולוגי
‘Yud’ The technological mind;
ח’ - האישה הסודית
‘Chet’ The ’secret’ [...]
I know, I know. I won’t believe it till I see it, either. The Israeli in me is skeptical/angry/excited, the spouse in me is tormented/emotional/hopeful, and the mediator in me is curious/reflective/fatigued.
For better or worse, I’m indulging in this:
Eldad Regev’s father: Deal finalized for abducted troops’ return
The father of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier [...]
There are 87658345 reasons why it’s awesome to have a car, and today exemplified reason #5374, which is, freedom.
Today we ventured to neighboring Gush Etzion, where Rosh Tzurim (next to Alon Shvut) was hosting the annual cherry picking festival - פסטיבל דובדבנים 2008 בגוש עציון. We were going mainly for that reason, but the festival [...]
Last night I spent a lovely evening at a hi-tech geek party, otherwise known as MashBash. I love it when my hi-tech self and my Israel self combine into one crazy combustication of awesomeness.
There are so many reasons I love these gatherings:
They are parties with a premise, so the drinking is casual, the conversation is [...]
It’s amazing what can be taken for granted.
Most of the year has passed me by and I haven’t once written about it being a שמיטה (shmittah) year. Living in the greater Jerusalem area, not owning a garden or any trees, and mainly associating with kosher people, I’ve just not had to worry about it much.
Isn’t [...]
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just keep a blog?
There is a new show going into production called HaOlim (”The New Immigrants”) which is a sort of Real World for new immigrants to Israel. As Jewlicious reports:
“So the concept is pretty straightforward. Eight young olim from different countries live together in a big house in Tel [...]
Pretty soon, that pioneering ‘halutz’ generation of Israeli elders will be just a memory in our textbooks and a prayer in our hearts.
Renowned author, journalist, Knesset member, Shinui party leader, Holocaust survivor Yosef Tommy Lapid died today at 77 after a battle with cancer.
The full story and eulogies are here.
Continuing from the last post, here is an email I wrote after a couple weeks of living here. It’s kind of funny how much more I know now… Which makes me wonder if I had thought I did enough research before moving here… But then again, we moved here on pure recommendation from friends. Here [...]