Category: general

Israel has many undergrounds; human traffiking and drug dealing are specialities of mafia activity. Stalking the streets in their own underground are the stray of cats of the country. Living in the Jerusalem underground, the cats are dirty, viscious and unafraid. They stalk prey, eat what they can find, hiss and fight. These are not…

I went to the hair/make up lady for a trial today. It used to bug me that people seemed to revolve all the services for the wedding around how the photos would come out. Then I thought of something. The wedding itself – like I have maintained – is just a party to announce what…

Last night, we went to visit my father’s Israeli first cousin who my brother and I have never met. He’s something like 75, religious, lives in a ‘gated’ community (that’s to say, a gate closes off the road on Shabbat so cars won’t go through). Needless to say I donned my more modest-wear for this…

Hey, look!Representative Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) is anti disengagement! (nytimes)

Israeli Prime Minister: ‘One More Suicide Bombing And I’ll Give Them Whatever They Want’

I can’t sleep; I’m in a weird mood of wondering what getting married is like. I’m wondering even moreso (since there’s not much I can do about the former) what it’s like to be at your own wedding. I never dreamed of being a princess bride. When girl friends would talk about their dream weddings…

So this was the first Shavuot that I can remember staying up until sunrise to do something that involves enriching my brain. Well, at least not coming home to birds’ singing, drunk and ready to pass out; I was coming home sober and quite intrigued, ready to pass out. I went to two lectures, one…

If a Jewish state had been established in Uganda, as Herzl had one time proposed, I think I might have still emigrated to there. Not that I’m saying it should have been done, because obviously the ideal place is Eretz Yisroel, makes the most sense. And I still would have believed wholehartedly in Zionism even…

There is a monster living in our apartment. I know it’s a natural part of living in a tropical region; I know that it’s expected living in a city… But they are so much worse in the Middle East…

I was giving my (Israeli) friend chizuk. “I know how hard it is to confront people, tell them off… I get that. And I get that you are an optimistic person, you like to see the good in people, so you’re hoping that she’ll come around…” “That’s called naive. It would be sad because I…

I have a new stategy for conversing with old men on the bus or at the bus stops or in the makolets. I give them the conversational responses they would give me… It totally stumps them! And, obviously, it sharpens my old man conversational hebrew. Old man on bus: “Boy, was it hot today.” Me:…

For those out there who are only realizing summer break is upon us, and still need something to do this summer – maybe something to beef up their resume? maybe something to relax them? maybe something different than they do all year round? …consider visiting this site: Israel Programs Center. Maybe you just need an…