I was in the cab trying to chill myself out about losing my wallet; Things go missing all the time, and imagine when your son goes missing, especially your son serving in the army. Then I heard on the radio, “Two soldiers were kidnapped by Hezbollah in the Lebanon border…” And then I felt bad…

It’s weird to be on the other side of this:By other side I mean, I’m not the one feeling helpless that all I can do is rally in America, 4,000 miles away. Well; there still isn’t much I could do from here either, but I probably could do more than I am. Still, I’m reflecting…

My first* World Cup and my** team won***! * First one I paid attention too ever.** “my”, as in, I certainly wasn’t going for France.*** Man, they stole the thing in the tie-breaking kick offs, when really they were exhausted and should have lost early, but good on them!**** It’s late, and that’s the subject…

It seems I never really clarified what I do for a paycheck here. When I used to tell people I worked in marketing for Answers.com, they’d always reply, ‘oh, like telemarketing?’ and that would seriously irk me. That might seriously irk a telemarketer, too, because I’d be an insult to the telemarketing industry, but it…

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Here’s my contribution to July 4th, apparently, since I totally forgot about it: Friend: Happy 4th of July. I have a question for you: If I were compiling a list of things for foreigners to know about dealing with Israelis, what would jump to mind? On cultural differences: So I’d say that there are a…

Um. I tried to translate a joke about Hungry Hungry Hippo to a Russian guy.Not that funny in Hebrew.

We took a much (and still) needed weekend vacation (including Sunday!) up North in Kfar Tavor. That, after rushing to finish the ungodly task of preparing, stuffing and mailing the invitations (after a few mistakes, obviously). It was so quiet, so unIsrael. We stayed in a bungalow surrounded by flowers and grapevines, swam in a…

When I see this boy’s face, I think of you. There you are, smiling at me on the news. It reminds me that I miss you. And then I think about how I’m glad you’re not here anymore.I hated teaching you about safety seats on the bus. When you were here, I worried, because you’re…

So a guy I know did an amazing thing.Call it social commentary, call it mean, I don’t care. It’s funny: See more here.

There’s a saying in Jewish: אם ירצה הBasically, “If God wills it.” This saying is probably the most loaded in Judaism when spoken to single Jewish women in the Orthodox community in the phrase “Soon by you.” Brides, married women, and anyone else really will say this to a Jewish single lady at a simcha,…