Last week was a long stressful week. So was the week before. This week is proving to be just as. But! My last day of Bar Ilan for the year is this week. Rephrase: Last day of classes. I have finals in July. And at some point there are a lot of rather large papers…

Had an interesting Father’s Day exchange; nothing to do with Father’s Day. Apparently what I had been thinking but hadn’t said yet: “After what I’ve seen so far, it [marriage] seems like a very complex thing, so there are two ways to go about it: Be very cautious and end up questioning everything you do,…

There’s a condition you’ll develop if you’re a sandle-wearer and a city dweller here.You’ll get home, kick off your shoes, and – What the hell? How did my feet get so black?I wouldn’t post photos because I’m nice.Way #286 that you know you’re in Jerusalem in the summer?Before you get into bed, you need to…

My wedding dress is done as of today, which is quicker than I expected. Maybe that was the first case of Israelis rushing to get something done early (instead of on-time).

Mutuality and religion dialogue: From personal experience While the class was discussing models of Arab-Israeli dialogue based on religious similarities, I couldn’t help but remember two instances in the last three years when I myself attempted such dialogue and learned a valuable lesson. Both occurred while I was studying in England at a university known…

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…