( Here is some light reading if you have no bomb shelter to build right now. )

We bought a whole bunch of extension cords today (to set up an office). I feel slightly more committed to Israel now; slightly more like a permanent resident. Why? Because after almost a year and a half, if someone asks me for an extension cord, I can reply, “Sure, what size?”

[How do you express frustration properly in typed script?] Wedding planning is not fun for me. It’s been very smooth, eventless, which is what most engaged couples probably desire. So for that I’m thankful, because I certainly didn’t need the extra stress in my life of already working a full time job and going to…

Happy Herzl Day! So Theodore Herzl officially received his own day, and here it is on the 10th day of Iyar. He’s the guy who founded the Zionist World Congress in 1897 and pushed for Zionist awareness putting a modern state of Israel in the forefront of people’s minds. I tink it’s silly to argue…

The key to the siren is to let it be natural; to not expect it and to not anticipate it. Then you are really being frozen in time and place; then your day is truly interrupted. [AP photo, courtesy of Jpost] [Apparently the siren is a secular, ‘goyish’ concept. Some argue for Kaddish to be…

התקוה בת שנות אלפים, להיות עם חופשי בארצנו…” – התקוה…”Hope born two thousand years; to be free in our own land…

Today I appeared in court (for me) for the first time ever. …And it was a religious court. To prove I’m Jewish and single. That involved dragging two friends with me. The problem is I don’t know many people here from the Old Country. By the end (the whole thing only took 25 minutes) it…

Only in Israel… …Do they publish “Good luck in the Army!” cards. One of them had: 3 years in the army… full of fun. 36 months in the army… full of friends. 1,095 days in the army… full of adventure. 1,576,800 minutes in the army… full of peace.

Sports always appealed to me most when I could view it as a patriotic thing. Go New York! Go U.S.! Tonight could have been about Israel, but the fact is, the team is a lot of NBA rejects. Americans lost to the Russians tonight, not Israel. (Seems I was the only one of my Israeli…

Everyone told me what to expect: problems, rudeness, long lines, maybe even crying. “If your parents’ ketuba says ‘temple’ they will automatically assume they got married in a Reform process so they won’t accept it. My friend had to go through hell to prove her parents were married and she was Jewish.” “If you want…

You know that it’s an Anglo when the t-shirt says, “Israel.” You know that it’s an Israeli when the t-shirt says, “Brazil.” (And you know it’s my brother when the t-shirt says, “Rami Levi.”)

Taken from the JPost, words translated (April 24th) from Iranian President Ahmadinejad. I took the liberty of explaining some of his more – confusing- terms… Well, in any case, consider the links my commentary: “The greatest problem from which humanity suffers today, the main problem facing the countries of the Middle East, is the continuation…