Category: new york
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Who needs aliyah?
Why bother making aliyah from New York City? In the span of four days, I’ve managed to: pass the Holon Grocery, find a metapelet originating from Ein Karem, drive behind a טוב טעם truck. What’s next? Also, I suppose it’s logical that my son’s first exposure to fast food was today in his American daycare…
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The land of equal opportunity.
What’s wrong with this picture? Hint: It’s an AEPi house at the University of Pennsylvania in December.
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Only in America…
The land of opportunity, where even a Menorah can join in on secular American holiday cheer.
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Travel (in snippets).
Our first-ever family vacation is over. Didn’t have much time to sleep or think over the last 2.5 weeks but I did have a few seconds to jot down a few ponderings in 140 characters or less… To sum up, from finish to start, my first vacation with Koala: for the love of all things…
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Who drives a shoe?
A guy driving a high heel on 14th and 7th. And why not? Although, part of me feels like I’d have been less surprised seeing this in Tel Aviv. I saw this, um, mode of transportation and thought of a friend of mine who actually gets around with a set of these on her feet.…
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Homies away from home.
How do you say ‘Jersey Gardens’ in Hebrew? ‘!שווה’ Like doing army service or eating Bamba at five months old, in carrying Israeli citizenship I am eligible to enjoy a popular Israeli pastime: shopping in New York. Or is that New Jersey? We spent today stocking up on good-quality crap at a Garden State outlet…
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My late 20s teenage pregnancy.
The story of my recent ‘teenage’ pregnancy has come full circle this New York trip. Back in August 2008, when I was coming to New York solo for a few weeks, I knew there was a chance I’d be pregnant so I was prepared to test upon arrival. Dressed in jeans and a raggy hoody,…
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Drama of a dual citizen.
A key element of being a dual citizen is the dual drama. I always get homesick with these bouts of New York City drama: Investigators believe all passengers and crew, more than 150 people, survive a plane crashing into New York’s Hudson River. I prefer NYC drama to the Israel brand these days… Report: Israel,…
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Bigger.
I just returned from a week in the States. Flew out for work, but I wasn’t going to let an opportunity like that go by without doing some shopping. What kind of Israeli would I be? What kind of woman would I be? And most importantly, what kind of pregnant Israeli woman – who doesn’t…
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Welcome to eretz.
Monday, the day I left New York, I met a friend in the city to hang for a bit; he just moved to New York from Tel Aviv so his perspective is still fresh. The conversation came to the usual point, of how impersonal New York is and how in-your-face Israel is. I forget that…
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Frappuccino desperation.
When I was back in New York in May, I perchance walked into a Starbucks with some friends and noticed a new drink on their menu: this mint chocolate iced frappuccino thing. I’m all about trying new ice blend chocolate coffee things, so I did. …And I’ve been dreaming about it ever since. Actually, salivating.…