Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004
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Free calls to Israel!?
UPDATE: Apparently the site I reviewed below is now defunct. This page gets a lot of traffic so I thought I’d help out by saying that Skype is a decent option and so is Israel’s very own JaJah. I have friends who use Rebtel, which I find a little convoluted. Google Talk is my main…
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Answering anonymous.
Anonymous left this comment the other day. It’s a topic I’ve been meaning to address and haven’t had the energy to face. So do you have any regrets? Do you feel more spiritual as a Jew living there? Does it feel like you are just living in another country, and you are just ‘comfortable?’ Do…
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Untitled, uninspired.
I have this creative energy going on, but I’m feeling stuck. It’s not just here; it’s everywhere. My schoolwork, my job. My friends. My country. I’m feeling incredible amounts of potential and no airflow. I’m wondering what exactly is stuck; is it one thing, like a pebble in an engine? It is that the whole…
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Something everyone can agree on.
There has been a lot of bad news going on around my area of life; too many kids getting sick, especially cancer-sick. Because this is a bit personal, I’m passing along a message from an old friend:Want to shave your head for childhood cancer? No? Well I do…. and I will… but I need your…
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What I have to say after two years.
M: And after two years, what say you? E: It’s not an easy endeavor. And Zionism is not the be all end all. And this country is as f*cked up as any other. But, home is home, and sometimes you can have more than one. M: What is the be all end all… Health and…
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Outside my window.
This is what it looks like outside my window right now:
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Not being Israeli naivete.
Sometimes I miss not being Israeli so that I could come here and feel the naive happiness at being back in Israel after however many months. Before I moved here, a year and a half didn’t go by when I hadn’t visited since I was 18. Every time I had this feeling as I’d look…
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"Hitler was a Jew…"
…And I am his granddaughter. That’s right, folks. He prophesized that his granddaughter would one day come to Palestine and build the Zionist regime of Israel. Here I am. (I get to make up stuff, too, right?) When is Ahmadinejad going to get a spot on Comedy Central?
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Before I land in the doghouse…
So… My tail’s between my legs. Not everyone has been as enthusiastic about my gorgeous, yummy Canaani girl as I’ve been.I’ve been forced to focus on looking for another good home for Stella. She needs an energetic family and a yard. If we were moving out of our little Jerusalem apartment sooner, I’d try to…
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Waiting for Israeli 2007.
I’m not one to proactively celebrate Sylvestor or New Year’s or however one may refer to it… But I thought this was a cute marker to take Israel from the kishkush that was 2006 into the ??? that is 2007…. Sorry, it’s in Hebrew.
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Israel activism 2.0
What happened to the good old days, when you’d stay up until 4:30 a.m. in the Hillel office designing posters and copying fliers for the next morning’s defending-Israel rally? Well, as times change, it seems things get easier. Or at least more organized. StandWithUs is an organization dedicated to defending and promoting Israel and her…
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Today is the Tenth of Tevet.
I have nothing profound to say about today, which is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet (‘Tevet’ being the fourth month of the Jewish calendar, ‘Tenth’ being the tenth day of said-month, and ‘Fast’ being what we Jews do on sad days because we eat too much on happy days). What I am lacking…
Questions? Comments? Advice?