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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 mostly pictures. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I absolutely love animals. Mammals, birds, reptiles, you name it. Even insects (with the exception of roaches). My specialty is cats, and three felines indeed share our home. Left to my own devices, I’d also be keeping dogs, birds, fish, reptiles and a tarantula – but IsraeliDad drew the line at cats. A special treat is seeing [...]

So, about three weeks ago, we’ve had some early rain. The whole country was celebrating and I got into a nice winter mood and pulled out my piles of wool and knitting gear. Since then, we’ve been going through two major heat waves (the second one these very days). No rain, hardly any cool days, [...]

Yeah, yeah, I know. The famous Swedish blood libel made some people in Israel call for a boycotting Ikea. Ummm, yeah, sure. Let me tell you, when I was there on Wednesday, people were parking on the pavements in their huge parking lot – and that’s on a regular week day, morning hours. I guess [...]

As your average Jewish Israeli citizen, my knowledge of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan was fairly limited. Listening to the news here, it is mentioned merely in the context of possible riots in Jerusalem on Ramadan Fridays. So, when I noticed the invitation for Ramadan tours of nearby villages in Wadi Ara (see map at [...]

Had a lovely day out with the family yesterday, visiting the burial caves of Be’et She’arim. The caves were cool and inviting on a hot day. A bit spooky too – to the point that the kids wouldn’t go in on their own. We were the only ones there most of the time, so imagine [...]