Category: general

Just when I thought there was nothing to ponder today: Online guide: Killing ‘infidels’ Islamic website offers tips on killing foreigners in Saudi Arabia, tells potential attackers murdering foreigners easier than they think …The document details several possible ways to kill western victims and provides tips on selecting them, following them, and finally murdering them.…

I’ve been trying to help my brother find his volunteering niche for his stay here in Israel, and the latest idea has been the Israel-volunteer organization, Livnot U’Lehibanot. Here there are two centers, one in Jerusalem and one in Tzfat, and since we’re seeking something that involves handiwork and building, Sfat seems like the place…

I’m thinking of canceling my subscription to the Jerusalem Post. It’s not their own fault; I just don’t want to read what they are saying anymore. What they are saying isn’t really their own fault either. It begins to hurt to read the paper here everyday. Disappointment is painful and I feel like being Israeli…

We went to a wedding last night; our first since our own… which is such a better experience, in the way that we get to eat red meat, dance our asses off, chat people up, and we’re not the center of attention (or paying for it). It’s more… breathable. Anyway, this couple had mixed dancing…

…כיסוי ראש …or, literally, ‘head covering’, really ‘hair covering’. Married Jewish women have been, for ages, covering their hair out of modesty and a symbol of being a married woman. Today, it’s certainly not as popular; back then, cultures of non-Jewish women did that too. It was part of the whole cultural divide between the…

Back to work in the morning. So hard to go back after all this ‘vacation’ of getting married. I feel it’s a bit of a fresh start for me there. I didn’t realize until after the wedding how much that stress had affected me at work these past few months. Let’s face it: I have…

(JPost print edition, 18.8.06) “Sharon, wake up. Olmert’s in a coma.”

R: “Aright, don’t worry, everything’s back to normal.”E: “Why?”R: “They just reported about Gaza.”

So I was hesitant to register anywhere for wedding gifts because: a. I didn’t think there was anywhere to register in Israel, and b. I feel weird telling people where to get my gifts (I feel weird enough receiving them). Friends kept telling me to register, though, as a convenience for wedding guests and because…

My company made us a sheva brachot today at the office, which was very sweet of them. The tables were pretty and confetti-fied, and my boss compared guerrilla marketing tactics to newlywed life (hey, it works) and a coworker spoke about mezuzot and compromise. I am so often reminded how lucky I am in my…

Hi everyone! I thought I’d give a mass update for those of you who weren’t here for the wedding… And I’m giving a ‘pre-thank you’ thanks for your good wishes, words of advice and generous gifts. After both families fully arrived 2 weeks ago, there was some planning and a bit of touring. Since me…