Aliyah Diary 118: Frustrations
Supermarket Venting When does one truly feel “Israeli”? I have wondered this since moving here. I have Israeli citizenship though I’m an American. I’m just not like those Israelis born here. Today, I am...
Author: tostien
Aliyah 117: Ralli Museum, Casearia, Israel
Ralli Museum “Why is this in Israel?” “How is this in Israel?” “This wasn’t in the travel brochure, and I read it cover to cover.” “This is Israel?” This country is so strange and...
Analysis: 1 Israeli vs. 20 Pro-Palestine Activists
"1 Israeli vs 20 Pro-Palestine Activists (ft. Rudy Rochman)" — Surrounded (Jubilee) My Youtube feed decided to show me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=risOOuIDXHY with some clickbait, "1 Israeli vs. 20 Pro-Palestine Activists." Rochman, the Israeli, was well...
Aliyah 116: TLV vs. JLM roads & locked gates
Artificial Intelligence Has Taken Over My Mind I’ve been derelict – or just absent from – adding to my aliyah diary lately. I’ve been entranced by AI – it now turns my refrigerator Shabbos...
Aliyah 115: Biblical Natural History Museum
. . . and stalactite cave in Beit Shemesh. I like to explore and explore everything. A lot of times that leads to duds though sometimes it leads to nice surprises. Jaffa and Mazkeret...
Aliyah 114: Eilat Kosher Vacation
Introduction The South is mostly new to me since making aliyah. Now I’ve been to Beersheva, Ramon Crater, the Dead Sea a bunch more times, and – Eilat. It’s long overdue. The great thing...
Aliyah 113: Weizman Science Garden
Haym Weizmann University On a previous adventure, I visited Haim Weizmann’s house (and I know, I spell his name differently every time), the first president of Israel and the modern Zionist ‘founding father’ I...
Aliyah 112: Palmach Museum
Multi-room group tour Requiring pre-registration by email or phone, there are group tours though a multimedia presentation looking sometimes like the E.T. ride at Universal studios, with the ‘moving through rooms’ style of the...
Aliyah 111: Israeli Graduation Style
Where to start? Let’s use an analogy. American graduation: Israeli Graduation: Any questions? Back in My Day … We practiced over and over walking in line to music from the high school building to...
Aliyah 110: ‘Close Door’ buttons work!
Elevator Buttons Work Just to see … just maybe … I pressed the ‘close door’ button thinking others in the elevator would roll their eyes at someone pressing the eye candy. The elevator door...