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As a new week unfolds, with its own deadlines, traffic and nothing to eat in the fridge, I’m hoping that this is the kind of week it might turn out to be: [This photo is from mid-June when a delegation of sumo wrestlers visited Israel. I think we all found it most funny when dozens…

Here’s how to be a poster child for the Anglo Singles’ Aliyah Movement.It goes with my theory that everything an Anglo needs to get married is located on the Emek Refaim strip. Someone has to host the Friday night where you end up meeting him for the first time, or where the host realizes you…

I didn’t think weeks could get more stressful than last week. Then again, last week I didn’t think the week before could get anymore stressful. I don’t even know if that makes sense, but the point is, each week has been getting more stressful than the last, despite my thinking it couldn’t get worse. I…

I don’t mind Ghana beating the Americans in the Mondial today because watching this a coupla days ago was fun:

No more pencils,No more books.No more teachers dirty looks. Psych! Today was the last day of classes, but that doesn’t mean I still don’t have 3 papers due “at some point” in the summer and 3 finals two weeks before my wedding. Oh, and preparing my thesis topic. That’s because there is a major cultural…

Walking across campus today, in a 15 minute span, I heard: *Hebrew*English*French*Russian*Arabicand…*Sign language (Ok, didn’t hear that last one…)

There have been two little ants crawling around my bathroom floor for the last week. I don’t kill them because their existence doesn’t bother me, unlike some creatures. Ok, I’m actually warming up to the smaller yellowish jukim. I’m from New York, for god’s sake. I’ve had a cockroach crawl up my thigh. A New…

Last week was a long stressful week. So was the week before. This week is proving to be just as. But! My last day of Bar Ilan for the year is this week. Rephrase: Last day of classes. I have finals in July. And at some point there are a lot of rather large papers…

Had an interesting Father’s Day exchange; nothing to do with Father’s Day. Apparently what I had been thinking but hadn’t said yet: “After what I’ve seen so far, it [marriage] seems like a very complex thing, so there are two ways to go about it: Be very cautious and end up questioning everything you do,…

There’s a condition you’ll develop if you’re a sandle-wearer and a city dweller here.You’ll get home, kick off your shoes, and – What the hell? How did my feet get so black?I wouldn’t post photos because I’m nice.Way #286 that you know you’re in Jerusalem in the summer?Before you get into bed, you need to…

My wedding dress is done as of today, which is quicker than I expected. Maybe that was the first case of Israelis rushing to get something done early (instead of on-time).

Mutuality and religion dialogue: From personal experience While the class was discussing models of Arab-Israeli dialogue based on religious similarities, I couldn’t help but remember two instances in the last three years when I myself attempted such dialogue and learned a valuable lesson. Both occurred while I was studying in England at a university known…