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 [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Futna in Big Brother Israel – Walla Eeshy!
Some interesting people and “issues” in this season’s Big Brother in Israel. In my posts about Big Brother Men and Big Brother Women, I reviewed the “special” people. We had one guy with Tourrette syndrome, one girl who used to be a guy, one deaf person (and a bit crazy too), one Polaniya (Polish woman [...]
Visiting the South of Israel Pictures – Part 2
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 [...]
Visting the South of Israel
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 [...]
Hannuka Pictures from Israel
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. [...]
Funny Interfaith Meeting and an Explanation of Hannuka
It’s Hannuka next week, so I thought I’d share this video today. I hope this one doesn’t offend anyone. It’s Israeli humor and he’s honestly NOT making fun of the Christians but of your average ignorant and tactless Israeli. Tweet This Post
Guess Who Called Me? Or… What I Love About Israel
So, IsraeliDad is off to another week of military reserve duties and I’m sitting in bed with the kids, watching a nature show on our laptop. It’s past 7 PM, past showers and dinner. The phone rings. At first I can’t figure out who it is, he has to repeat it twice. It’s Brigadier General [...]
