Aliyah Diary 36: Road Rules in Israel
Got My First … Second, and Third Parking Tickets Okay, first one was not fair. I spent 10 minutes installing and using the app to pay and selected the wrong neighborhood in Jerusalem. Second...
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Aliyah Diary 35: Mitzpe Ramon & Ein Avdat
No School Wednesday The Bible says “six days a week you shall work” so Israel’s only full workday off is Saturday. America has two full days off, while in true Israeli fashion, the consistency...
Aliyah Diary 34: Finding Obscure Products in Israel
Hairdryer For My Earbuds To my wife, “Where can I find a hair dryer?” She responds with some joke about how I don’t have enough hair for that. (While my brother insists that hair...
Aliyah Diary 33: Quest to Pay My Taxes
Photo credits go to Homestar Runner and Sierra-Online. Paying Taxes: U.S. vs. Israel Citizen: “I want to pay my taxes.”United States: “Sure! How would you like to pay? Credit card? Here are three competing...
Aliyah Diary 32: How to Hire the Right Professional and . . . Oops
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. I’m probably not your lawyer. Legal information here can have mistakes. I’m not licensed in Israel and don’t want to be.Disclaimer 2: Facts are changed to protect the...
Aliyah Diary 31: Internet filtering … sometimes
Imagine a Higher Life Form Thinks You’re Cute Sometimes I wonder if this is what G_d thinks of us … “oh, the kids don’t have internet filters and the government wants more money from...
Aliyah Diary 29: What Does My Adult Son Think?
“What do your kids think” is a common question I won’t answer in the diary. That’s private – mostly. Here are some excerpts from my adult child, who is in America, however. He allowed...
Aliyah Diary 30: Visit from My Son in America
. . . continued from the last blog post. It was about four months since I saw my son back in America. When he finally came, we made sure to show him a good...
Aliyah Diary 28: Yarkon River Tel Aviv Judaism
Introduction As a college student, at the interview with an Orthodox Rabbi with the big black yarmulke, I asked if we’d visit Tel Aviv. He said, nah, it’s just like an American city …...
Aliyah Diary 27: Israel Healthcare Experience
Introduction I consider myself a moderate Republican – Susan Collins being my favorite Senator. If there’s ever anything that could move the needle towards socialism, here it is. Israel has four health care companies...