Lizrael Update

Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004

  • hell is the floor of the 400 bus

    to clarify: the 400 bus is the bnei brak bus. shudder. I feel: Defeated. I went to my Conflict Management and Negotiation orientation at Bar Ilan and it was a complete failure. It took 3 hours to get there and when I did, I got there late, so late that the stupid thing was only…

  • pass the wake up

    i woke up at 6 30 after an awful awful dream… my mom came to israel to visit and then tried to trick me into coming bacl to america with her, and i nearly fell for it, for some reason… i really believed her, or i felt guilty, and then an hour before i had…

  • the bigness of a dry erase board

    hi dad, so yesterday xxx came to my office and i let him in and he was very impressed by how ‘fancy’ and ‘serious’ it was, like an ‘american’ office… and the truth is, it resembles a nyc office to some extent… except that we are all wearing jeans…anyways, he was also very impressed with…

  • shoes as zehut

    another milestone in my aliyah-making declaring israeliness: i bought clunky, chunky, obnoxious, israeli shoes.they’re big, they’re bad, and they’re all mine.and i can justify a kartisiyat noar again. ha!

  • Version 1

    Larutz. “Alright. Larutz.” “Shalosh… shtayim… echad…” The room collectively sucks in its breath… “Action!” [Footsteps sound outside the metal door. A man dressed as a mifaked bursts in, and then abruptly stops. He is listening to music that will be filled in by the director later. He starts to rock back and forth, in tune…

  • lizrael update: back to school edition

    registered for my courses today. since it’s grad school and my first year, i’m mostly signed up for required classes (it just took me a good 10 seconds to remember how to say that in english, weird).here’s a synopsis – ניהול סיכסוכים בקהילות יהודיות בעת החדשהמודלים וגישות במו’מ וניהול סיכסוכיםגישות חברתיות–פסיכולולגיות למשא ומתןסמינר בינתחומי אינטגרטיבי…

  • we all need answers…

    A: well…what is ur ultimate purpose coming to Israel?L: hmm. live life here? do what i wanna do here?A: what was ur purpose in coming here?L: live my jewish life in israel.A: why, religion isnt driving u…L: yeah it is, maybe not traditional-looking religion or yeshiva-looking religion, but if i werent jewish i wouldnt be…

  • dirty old israeli men…

    sharon beat netanyahu…breathe easy.

  • conversation peace.

    Subject: HiDate: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Hi Liz, It was nice meeting you last night at XXXXX. I enjoyed hearing about your interest in the “conflict management and negotiation” program at BIU. I thought that it would be nice to share some ideas on the subject. It’s interesting that the program title contains the word…

  • holydays in holyplaces

    i’m deciding that i don’t want to be in jerusalem for the chagim. i’m not too crazy about holy days; not like it used to be anyway… sentimental… but jerusalem, as it says so eloquently in Ktuvim, is a whore. even the old city is littered with ‘foxes’. it’s depressing as hell, whether i’m religious…

  • Lizrael Update: technicals and practicals.

    A boring, technical Lizrael Update for yous. Work, work all day. On the job front, things are going really well. My workplace is calm and friendly, half Anglo, half Israeli. The top people treat the bottom people with respect. I’m not exactly bottom by any means, but I’m just saying. It’s chock fulla respect here.…

  • a little bit more of the usual.

    sunday morning. time to buy a new cartisiya (bus card). note to liz: now you have a job, no more getting 18 and under cards with ten free rides. you have a job now, you can afford to be legit. alight the bus. pass by the youngish lady who is chatting with bus driver. smile…

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