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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.
107. Apr 16, 2026: Blundstone Boots Ode
111. Jun 4, 2026: Israel Graduation Style
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 Business
95. Dec 31, 2025: Finding Obscure Stuff
99. Jan 29, 2026: I Was Wrong
104. Mar 28, 2026: Concerned about us?
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
Shopping
11. Oct 13, 2024: Packages. (חבילות.)
34. Feb 17, 2025: Finding Obscure Things
41. Mar 23, 2025: New Shopping Habits
44. Apr 6, 2025: Pesach Shopping & Osher Ad
102. Mar 13, 2026: Shopping a Year Later
110. May 31, 2026: Elevator Buttons Work!
Special Locations
23. Dec 29, 2024: The West Bank. (Shomron)
50. May 18, 2025: Casearia
52. May 25, 2025: Flowers of Kfar Rut
85. Nov 9, 2025: Living Cemetery Museum
93. Dec 12, 2025: Port Yafo (Jaffa)
101. Feb 17, 2026: Downtown Tel Aviv
103. Mar 20, 2026: Interesting Restaurants
106. Apr 12, 2026: Dead Sea Swimming / Geo
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
109. May 11, 2026: Good Bureaucracy
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
107. Apr 22, 2026: Political Collective?
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
93. Dec 24, 2025: Cultural Centers
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
96. Jan 4, 2026: Jerusalem Lights Festival
97. Jan 7, 2026: Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls)
100. Feb 4: 2025: Mazkeret Batya
Travel: Hikes
28. Jan 26, 2025: Yarkon River Judaism, Tel Aviv
35. Feb 20, 2025: Mitzpe Ramon Stars, Ein Avdat
57. June 19, 2025: Ben Shemen Forest
63. Jul 23, 2025: Golan I & Tzvat
64. July 27, 2025: Hezekiah’s Tunnel
80. Oct 18, 2025: Nachal Sorek Estuary
86. Nov 13, 2025: Nachal Arugot (Dead Sea)
92. Dec 18, 2025: Hula Nature Reserve (North)
98. Jan 15, 2026: Winter River, Judean Hills
105. Apr 7, 2026: Dead Sea Hidden Hikes
Recent Posts
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Aliyah 104: Concerned about us? - Now for something different What follows is a letter from my wife after a cartoon from AI that “I” created, inspired by her letter. I’m in awe of how far AI images have come...…………………