Category: aliyah rites
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note:
another note on the israeli shopping mall experience: walking through crowded Zara and noticing the many bored, tired men waiting for their girlfriends/wives/crushes – whether american yeshiva student, arse, or charedi…
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we all need answers…
A: well…what is ur ultimate purpose coming to Israel?L: hmm. live life here? do what i wanna do here?A: what was ur purpose in coming here?L: live my jewish life in israel.A: why, religion isnt driving u…L: yeah it is, maybe not traditional-looking religion or yeshiva-looking religion, but if i werent jewish i wouldnt be…
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a little bit more of the usual.
sunday morning. time to buy a new cartisiya (bus card). note to liz: now you have a job, no more getting 18 and under cards with ten free rides. you have a job now, you can afford to be legit. alight the bus. pass by the youngish lady who is chatting with bus driver. smile…
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Aliyah, stage 1.
hiya A, …had an interesting convo with my mom today. she’s afraid that i’m not moving enough, not being productive enough, and i’ll hate this and come home. did i say afraid? ha, possibly hoping. well, she wants me to be ‘happy’. she is rooting for me, in the sense that i find what i…
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collateral damage.
i’m learning the casualties of living far from everything that has become everything ‘else’ – tragedies, celebrations get left behind, lack of understanding/expression. it’s frustrating. just have to keep looking ahead. i chose to move away from these people, and consequentially, their ‘stuff’. it’s going to get more difficult with time, since i can’t fly…
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get a jobbie
here is an update on the job situation – so i went to an interview today for an internship at a think tank called the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information based in jerusalem. its a tiny place located in a monastary where both palestinians and israelis work at conflict issues/solutions. right up my thesis…
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another day, another cab driver
driver: when did you get here? me: i came here two weeks ago on aliyah. driver: from where? me: new york city. driver: voice raising… new york? what? are you crazy? your life was so good there – me: i know… driver: why did you do it? me: um… driver: voice raising higher… i’ll tell…
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life after aliyah
we forget that there is life after aliyah. after marriage. after attacks. after death.you spend years planning things. so many plans. what will you do for a living? where will you live? will you like your living?will you live?i’ve taken hours and days upon myself planning for the next couple of years but i’ve never…
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crazyness!
ok, so on a logistical wavelength, there is soo much going on. so far, i’ve been working with the Jewish Agency Aliyah Center to work on my papers for citizenship and it was a lot easier than i thought it would be. next step – i have to go down to the israeli consulate in…