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Aliyah Diary
Beginning and End
01. Aug 19, 2024: Preparation In America
02. Aug 25, 2024: First Few Days
03. Aug 29, 2024: Moving In
62. July 17, 2025: I MADE IT
75. Sept 14, 2025: Leaving USA Behind
Cultural Adjustment Fun
04. Sept 4, 2024: First Day of School
05. Sept 8, 2024: Two Weeks In . . .
06. Sept 16, 2024: Getting Comfortable
07. Sept 22, 2024: Ready for Yom Tov
09. Sept 30, 2024: Nasrallahed on the Floor
18. Nov 24, 2024: Language – l’at, ‘lat
39. Mar 12, 2025: Prove Yourself
50. May 19, 2025: Lag B’Omer
55. Jun 11, 2025: Idiosyncrasies
60. Jul 7, 2025: New Kitten – Pebble
65. Aug 3, 2025: Tish B’av Hospital
72. Aug 31, 2025: Unholy Words
82. Oct 25, 2025: Desert Wedding & Stars
89. Nov 26, 2025: Idiosyncrasies
90. Dec 1, 2025: Ramla. Arabs.
Cultural Adjustment Difficulties
15. Nov 10, 2024: Safety Fourth
29. Jan 31, 2025: My Son Still in America
31. Feb 3, 2025: Internet Filtering for Kids
37. Mar 3, 2025: Technical Difficulties
40. Mar 17, 2025: Holiday Loneliness
49. May 13, 2025: It’s Broken.
58. June 22, 2025: Army Draft Notice
59. Jun 29, 2025: 12 Day War
61. Jul 13, 2025: Bring it to Israel for Me?
73. Sept 8, 2025: Quit Blocking the Roads
79. Oct 15, 2025: Eruv Chag Busyness
On The Roads
24. Jan 5, 2025: Supermarkets & Highways
25. Jan 12, 2025: Not Cutting Me Off
36. Feb 25, 2025: Road Rules of Israel
46. Apr 24, 2025: Car Towed and Fixed
47. Apr 27, 2025: Taking the Bus
53. May 29, 2025: TLV Airport Speed Run
90. Dec 5, 2025: Oil Changes and Pizza
Government and Bureaucracy
10. Oct 8, 2024: Driver’s License
13. Oct 30, 2024: Bureaucracies and Stories
19. Nov 28, 2024: Taxation for Americans
22. Dec 23, 2024: Doctors & “Choleh Chadash”
27. Jan 23, 2025: Healthcare in Israel
32. Feb 5, 2025: How To Hire the Wrong Person
33. Feb 10, 2025: Quest to Pay My Taxes
48. May 4, 2025: Bank Account for Business
74. Sept 11, 2025: Notary Overnight to USA
81. Oct 21, 2025: Dentist and Optometrist
Politics and Thought
12. Oct 25, 2024: October Sun and the Jew
16. Nov 17, 2024: Where People Look Like Me
17. Nov 19, 2024: Jewish Identity and Outlook
21. Dec 11, 2024: Let Freedom Ring
38. Mar 6, 2025: Talking in Quiet Peace
Travel: Indoors / Museums
20. Dec 5, 2024: Tel Aviv Art Museum
56. Jun 15, 2025: Agam Art Museum
68. Aug 17, 2025: Cramim Fancy Hotel
69. Aug 21, 2025: Weizmann House
71. Aug 27, 2025: Museum Islamic Art
76. Sept 17, 2025: Christian Zionist
77. Sept 22, 2025: Babylon Museum
84. Nov 4, 2025: Design Museum, Holon
Travel: Outdoors (Except Hikes)
08. Sept 25, 2024: Jerusalem Concert
14. Nov 2, 2024: The Kindness of Strangers
26. Jan 18, 2025: Dead Sea Beer and Ice Cream
30. Jan 31, 2025: My Son Visits and We Travel
45. Apr 20, 2025: Desert Llamas and Camels
78. Sep 29, 2025: (Separate) Beach Day
83. Oct 28, 2025: Citrus Museum
87. Nov 18, 2025: Kangaroo Zoo
88. Nov 22, 2025: Gan HaShlosha Lake
Recent Posts
Aliyah Blog 93: Old Yafo (Jaffa) - The plan On a very rainy day, I searched for an indoor activity for my I-try-to-go-somewhere-new-one-a-week trip. That landed me at the Ilana Goor museum in Jaffa … I was supposed to go to...
Aliyah Blog 91: Oil Changes and Pizza - My car threatens me with lights and buzzers Car: “I will automatically self-destruct unless you change your oil soon. Me: “Phfft. I don’t believe you. You’ve traveled 12,500 miles and you said I only...
Aliyah Blog 90: Ramla. Arabs. - Some Background about Ramla The title is a bit of click bait. Ramla is another one of those places that is off the tourist map though if you had to find an exact geographic...
Aliyah Diary #89: Idiosyncrasies number 2 - See Diary entry 55 – Idiosyncrasies #1 from the prior July for more. Black Friday Israelis generally have no idea what the Thanksgiving holiday is about. They have no idea why the day after...
Aliyah Blog 88: Gan HaShlosha Lake - Expectations Traveling here, I ended up preferring my side-trip to the neighboring Gan Garoo. My expectations were higher than reality … which is rare in Israel. It’s a nice lake, sure – and there...
Aliyah Blog 87: Gan Garoo (Parkaroo?) - A kangaroo zoo in Israel? This is the third time I meant to go to one place and ended up at another. Actually, I went to both places … Gan Sacne, for a future...
Aliyah Blog #86: “The Other Ein Gedi” (Nahal Arugot) - How I ended up there We purchased ceramic tile from a place called “Oz Kamerica” because even though Hebrew has an “s” sound, apparently someone at some point decided to transliterate the word with...
Aliyah Blog #85: Living Cemetery Museum - Introduction Innovation in cemeteries in the United States feels dead to me. Same old drab grey. In Savannah, Georgia they’re proud of their cemetery – which is weird to me because they have beautiful...
Aliyah Blog 84: Design Museum, Holon, IL - Museums in Israel Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world. They’re often in “bite size” pieces – you can spend about an hour or two in a museum dedicated...…………………