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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 Business
95. Dec 31, 2025: Finding Obscure Stuff
99. Jan 29, 2026: I Was Wrong
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
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
Recent Posts
Aliyah 101: Tel Aviv Downtown - Introduction Well, looks like I’m not stopping at 100 entries. Finally, I went to Tel Aviv for something that wasn’t an airport, concert, doctor, beach, museum, relative … or … I think I covered...
Aliyah 100: Mazkeret Batya & Winery - Introduction Readership is going down lately as I become more normalized and less, “what on earth is going on here” to my new surroundings. Now it just feels normal to find something completely different...
Aliyah Blog 99: I was wrong (and 21 other fun facts) - Waterproof Socks In the last blog entry, I timidly wrote about my waterproof socks. Some in my extended family made fun of me and I thought no one else would wear such a thing....
Aliyah Blog 98: Winter River in The Judean Hills - Introduction Though hard to believe, I’ve read it and heard it enough times to believe that during most all of the year, this place is completely dry: Does that look dry to you? What...
Aliyah Blog 97: Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) - Barely Relevant Information Says this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Fb-SJ9v0M – I’m the type of person who likes experiences over group activities. Rather than being the type who feels some sort of connection to guys running...
Aliyah Blog 96: Jerusalem Winter Lights Festival - Comparisons You could find something like this in America, though Israel is so much more condensed that you can find it all nearby. Plus, the general population in America isn’t necessarily the most smiley...
Aliyah Blog 95: Finding Obscure Products - Introduction Short answer: Amazon, Aliexpress – maybe KSP … or otherwise you best know exactly what store to find it in, and where it is. Having a cat like curiosity to explore everywhere, I’m...
Aliyah Blog 93: Cultural Centers - Heichal HaTarbut – cultural centers If you’re going to do Hellenism the night after Chanukah ends, do it right. Twelve ‘international’ pianists were on stage playing together with distinctly Israeli names. Some of them...
Aliyah Blog 92: Hula Nature Reserve (and other travels up North) - Traveling on Chanukah “Countdown until self-destruction: 10, 9, 8, 7, 5 …” “What happened to 6?” “Just kidding … 6, 5 …” I skipped from 91 to 93 in the last blog entry so...…………………