“?אמא, למה אנשים בטלוויזיה עצובים” “because, chicky, something very terrible happened in the world, across the world, and it made a lot of people sad.” “?מה קרה בעולם” “parts of it are falling apart a bit… there are people who want to make parts of the world fall apart, like taking one or two pieces…

yosef’s blorange

very very frustrated. why am i here? it’s funny, my israeli friends all called it. they warned me. “you’re going to get right back into old habits, and at the same time, feel empty.” “you realize there is nothing for you there.” “you’ll say hi to your old friends and your family and then you’ll…

riding bus #4, pass a bus that says “hahitnakut tavee terror” (the disengagement will bring terror) oh, israel, how different will u be when i come back? i feel really torn about leaving. my heart hurts. i suppose it’s dramatic of me, aval this is a dramatic place.

coming to visit n.y. june 16 – ?

i just passed a birthrite bus. it’s weird. i used to get paid to promote that. now i get paid to live here.

A rabbi from New York was good friends with a certain high-up well-known New York personality years back.The well-known New Yorker wanted to tour Israel – he was very intrigued by the country, and he and the rabbi visited Israel together, where the rabbi gave him his view of the place.One of the places he…

look, i just dont know. we visited gush katif this weekend, namely atzmona, a yishuv in the gush katif block in the south of gaza.what can i tell you? it looks exactly like the rest of the yishuvim in israel. they built israel within the gaza strip.what else can i tell you? kids play soccer…

summary: – partied erev yh by walking to town from katamon being loud and flag-wearing– got to town, sheleg and all, crazy closed-off yafo, lots of happy people– went to ulpan friend’s bbq in har homa– went to rehavia-turned-british mandated palestine street fair– insane bbq in insane bbq-littered gan sacher under insane sky highlight: at…

b’erev:i went to the kotel on a rare visit to watch the ceremony put on by tzahal and city reps. when התקווה began, i realized that was my first time singing it with a crowd of israelis since i got here in january. it reminded me of when i was at the GA last year…