Category: general

ups and downs.my second aliyah is coming along naturally. so, i hadn’t eaten all day and i was craving felafel since there’s not much else to eat in the 9 days and i pounded pizza last night.i showered. i got dressed. i opened my wallet to see how much money was in there.six shekel.oh man,…

– arrived monday night, instantly adapted and forgot americana.– tuesday, received my bar ilan mail, became instantly depressed at the prospect of important documentation in hebrew. involving money. lots of it.– still homeless, but i have great friends.– everyone thinks my hebrew is better than i claim it is.– wednesday, felt great after patiently dissecting…

coming back from my somewhat hiatus… flight back home is 2 40 am monday, so basically way later tonight. arriving 8 15 pm monday in israel. lots to think about, but ill look before i leap into writing something… for now.

…and then, out of nowhere…

so due to the conversation i posted just before, i really got to thinking about a direction. how can a jew feel like israel is a foreign country? different, yes. hectic, definitely. crazy, conflicting, excited, deep, difficult.but foreign? that hurts. the first time a jew comes to israel, sure, it does feel foreign. different culture…

m: When you come back in two weeks, just don’t wear blue or orange for a few weeks.e: u dont have an opinion on the subject?m: I do, but, I choose not to let the whole world know about it. Do you?e: yeah. whats the point of opinions if u wont express them?m: True, but,…

כאן נולדתי

going back in two weeksthings aren’t so bleaki dont need to groanbut i wanna go homewanna move on(but i still love you mom)

“?אמא, למה אנשים בטלוויזיה עצובים” “because, chicky, something very terrible happened in the world, across the world, and it made a lot of people sad.” “?מה קרה בעולם” “parts of it are falling apart a bit… there are people who want to make parts of the world fall apart, like taking one or two pieces…

yosef’s blorange

very very frustrated. why am i here? it’s funny, my israeli friends all called it. they warned me. “you’re going to get right back into old habits, and at the same time, feel empty.” “you realize there is nothing for you there.” “you’ll say hi to your old friends and your family and then you’ll…

riding bus #4, pass a bus that says “hahitnakut tavee terror” (the disengagement will bring terror) oh, israel, how different will u be when i come back? i feel really torn about leaving. my heart hurts. i suppose it’s dramatic of me, aval this is a dramatic place.