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It’s the Jewish holiday of Purim today.
If you’re not familiar with Purim, here’s the full description in Wikipedia.
Purim and Me
Purim is the holiday of fun for the kids. Kids dress up, give and get packets of sweets. There are also mini-carnivals in most cities where all the kids come dressed up in their costumes and [...]

I went for a stroll yesterday, then went right back home, grabbed my camera and went out again. It’s incredibly green outside. Just lush green, speckled with flowers. The air smells of flowers and greenery.
The only problem is that this warm weather is in February. Even in Israel it’s supposed to be winter still, and [...]

Tornadoes are so rare in Israel most people don’t believe they exist here. In fact, they are so rare, your average Israeli doesn’t know the difference between a tornado and a hurricane and they two are almost synonyms here.
So, when my brother-in-law from Kibbutz Ortal called us to say he was within tens of meters [...]

A family oriented post today, but everyone is welcome to share. Since I am posting this on a public blog, I guess a few introductory words are required.
I am third generation in Israel. My mother’s grandparents are from Tunisia, and my father’s grandparents are from Poland. Their stories vary, at many points, but for all [...]

Headed back from Eilat, we managed to reach the Hai Bar Wildlife Center in Kibbutz Yotvata on time both for the feeding of the predators and for booking our night at their campground. Later on, as I was walking around the campground, I noticed there were still some people hanging around and a ranger was [...]

Hannuka isn’t just candles, dreidles and latkes – it’s also a week long school vacation. We started it with a day up in the Golan Heights, followed by a day in Tel Aviv. We’re trying to make plans for the rest of the holiday, wondering whether we’ll stay at home and try to work, or [...]

Here it is again, the holiday that can’t be spelled in English! Chanuka, Channuka, Hanuka or Hannuka – I just checked and people are searching Google in all four variations, so I had to use them all in the post Not planning on many other words in this post either – this is [...]

First of all: Ha! Told ya!
I said in my last post that Daleet Leumi won’t be staying for long and indeed she was the first participant to leave the house. With that out of the way, I can continue with part two of my Big Brother participants post and this time let’s address the men [...]

I confess, I am a reality shows addict – specifically Big Brother and Survivor in their Israeli versions. IsraeliDad is concerned about the effect this has on my brain, but I think he’s just being a cultural snob. I keep telling him these shows have intellectual value, mirroring key sociological (anthropological?) rifts in Israeli society. [...]

Looking at my title, it looks like some sophisticated moralistic fantasy tale is coming… but this is actually really is just a simple story that really did happen to me aeons ago, back when I was an officer in active duty in the IDF.
Our base was situated in a nice green area of northern Tel [...]