Before all the poli-bloggers, pundits, op/eds, and water cooler folk get all crazy with last-minute election talk on this eve of the governmental choosings… …it’s time for the pre-elections awards! Carefully chosen while ruling out who not to vote for, here they are, in no particular order (like their proposed governments!) To Amir Peretz: Best…

A dress for a wedding: שמלת חתונה A wedding dress: שמלת כלה (literally, bridal gown) (I did not know that before calling seamstresses.)

Rosh Yeshivot for year-programs in Jerusalem, shalom. This past weekend The Jerusalem Post published an article called “Violent Nights”, discussing the troubled behavior of American/Anglo yeshiva students as loud, rowdy, and worse – violent – within Jerusalem nightlife. As an American, an Israeli, a Jew and a citizen of organized society, I am embarrassed and…

Lately I have been pondering one specific conflict I find myself caught in amongst the rest. I think this is a conflict most, if not all, people experience. It comes out in election time, it comes out when thinking about provocative issues. I want x for the world. I want to see the world being…

In the U.S., I voted for who would better help Israel. In Israel, I’m voting for who won’t destroy Israel faster.

This is classic Israeli/Jewish. Makes me feel warm inside… it really does.Notice when you should submit your application and why:

This was included in the March NBN newsletter thing, so I thought I’d share… Employment Tip of the Month with Aliza Israel Adjusting Your Resume for the Israeli Market –Part 2: Pitfalls in Israeli Resume Writing Does your resume unwittingly turn away Israeli employers?Here are a few common pitfalls to avoid: Contact details. If you…

I was a half an hour early for sitting and staring in the middle of the traffic on Kvish 1 caused by this: Haaretz 21.3.06

I have yet to understand this Israeli phenomenon of the tremp* but from the past week’s activities it seems I have blindly embraced it, between the deathspeed charedi who drove us back from the airport on motzsh and the lane-oblivious religious hippie couple that drove us back from school tonight. *hitchike

I went to Shalshelet Gmach tonight, down a dark alley from town and in the bottom of a bomb shelter, to see what that whole thing is about. It was pretty much how I pictured; racks of older dresses, most strictly sleeved and worn. I tried on quite a few at the encouragement of the…

Stocked up on frozen prepackaged chicken tonight. Just in case.

Haaretz 19.3.06 Health minister: “I would eat the first chicken I saw.” And the Pals and Israelites are working together on this one. Is that what it takes… JPost 19.3.06