It smells like history today on the Bar Ilan campus. It could be because I just read an article about the Old/New Yishuvim and ethnic cleavages. When the air feels like this, I just can’t help thinking that I’m not so far from the past and even closer to the future…

I’m using a keyboard with 3 languages on it. My eyeballs are sore!

Yada, yada, socialized medicine will be great for me when I’m old and poor. For now: My friends raved about this doctor I should go to, nice guy, sensitive, etc. I call up to make an appointment. “What medical caretaker are you under?”“Maccabi.”“Sorry, he doesn’t take Maccabi patients.” Ahhhh!!!!!

e: i want to do a study in eastern medicine and mediation philosophy after this, then i want to use all these studies i’d have done and start on spreading the word about mediation – of your mind and bodyo: really?e: it’s fascinatingo: okay, that’s newe: well people are already talking about how the mind…

So the only person I could think of to give me kalla classes for taharat mishpacha in this country is a gemara and halacha teacher I had in high school who made aliyah about the same time as me last year. In high school, she used to scold me for wearing skirts too low off…

2 out of 5 of my classes are in bomb shelters. As one student put it,“If anyone attacks Israel, we’re ready.” As another student put it,“…and we won’t hear the screams.”

[First day of (2nd semester) school] All of these people have immigrant parents… parents who are just like me!

“הלו?” “היי!” “מה שלומך?” “מה קורה?” “מה עניינים?” “…אז מתי תבוא?” Israelis.

Hi H, How are you? I hope your aliyah is going smooth… Yeah, I’m taking the course, I started this year. So far, I’m in love with the topic of mediation, conflict management, etc… The program at Bar Ilan itself is structured well although still new and thus, still growing… but basically they approach it…

On the way home, 3 hours into the flight, the plane hit some kind of turbulence and started shaking. The shaking became noisy trembling that became violent rocking and after attempting to calm down the panicked woman next to me with purrs of “It’s ok” and petting her back, I looked around me and noticed…

Spending these last two weeks in New York has given me a newfound appreciation for English as a Second Language. Moreso, a newfound patience for people who aren’t from around here but are trying hard to stay ala ‘breaking their teeth’ over English, a completely nonsensical language. I just want to pull them aside and…

So it’s not just with friends that things are all jumbled in my time away. It’s with family, extended family, close friends, distant friends, feelings, memories, dreams… I need to either let go before it becomes too much or become superwoman who can exist in two places at once. Honestly, knowing myself, it’s a toss…