11 Dec ”It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s….Ehhhhhhh!”
Every superhero has his arch nemesis. Superman and Bizarro. Batman and the Joker (or was it the Penguin?) Mine is my roommate on cleaning day. Now I must admit up front...
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09 Dec My Go-to Move….and ISRAEL’S NEW MATZAV
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Hello, my loyal readers-excited for Shabbat? I sure am-it's been a busy week and I need to relax...
01 Dec ‘If You LOL It, It is No OMG!!!’
"Im tirtzu, ayn zo agada." If you will it, it is no dream. -Theodore Herzl The Founder of Modern Political Zionism strived for a state where Jews could live as the majority in a country of their own. They would work in jobs...
20 Nov Ulpan Adventures, Vol. II
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A couple of weeks ago, I chronicled my first day of Ulpan. It’s been three weeks now, 3-4 days each week, and it's going great. I truly felt my Hebrew getting significantly better after only a week and a half of learning new words. One...
15 Nov GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!
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Hey, did you happen to know that I’m a sports fan? No, really! Thank G-d for the internet; I don’t know how I survived for 9 months here after high school without sports. Oh yeah, my mom mailed me the sports page so I could...
03 Nov FINALLY…bo n’daber Ivrit!
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Here is a list of just a few of the benefits provided to me by the Misrad Klitah, Ministry of Absorption, as an oleh chadash (new immigrant): Free health insurance for 5 months Free Ulpan (Hebrew class) within my 18 months Free falafel for my first 40 years While...
14 Oct Shopping Time
My job is part-time. Well, it’s supposed to be part-time although it’s been a real effort to limit my hours. This week, I made a special effort to either go into the office late or leave early. So what is one supposed to do with...
28 Aug Random Language Musings
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I have a co-worker named Hilla (pronounced “Hee-LAH”) who I’ll be working pretty closely with this year. We’ve spend a lot of time together the last 2 weeks, including several hours making fun of each other’s language. This morning, she complained that her...
27 Aug No Worries!
I have to confess something to you. I never saw “The Lion King”. Ok, I feel better. But I remember hearing about the song “Hakuna Matata”, the Disney version of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. Israel has its own version of “chill out” and...
25 Aug What happens when everybody is a Jewish mother?
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How do you have stereotypes about Jewish mothers in a country where everyone is Jewish? Something I learned from my friend Ossy this past year is that here, they’re called “Polish mothers” (eema Polania?), describing the “classic” Jewish mother who lived in Poland a...