Aliyah Blog 53: TLV Airport Speed Run
What’s a Speed Run? Ever play Super Mario Brothers? When you beat the game – which few of us do (including me) you rejoice at having spent only seven hours getting to the end....
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Aliyah Blog 52: Flowers of Kfar Rut
Kinds of Beauty Slide shows are below- jump there to just see pretty flowers and plants. Above is one of the most beautiful bouquet of roses that I have ever seen. Whenever friends visit,...
Aliyah Blog 51: Fire Holidays (Lag B’Omer)
Chanukah and Passover Fire Jews do love our natural phenomenon. Fire is an especially fun one. We recall the fire offerings in the Temple three times a day and before every Sabbath we start...
Aliyah Blog 50: Caesarea
Named after the same guy who brought us the C-section, czars, kaisers, czars, kings, and the month of July, Herod named a city after Caeser in Israel about 2,000 years ago, not to be...
Aliyah Blog 49: It’s Broken.
Flowers of the Season No reason to make this blog entry all sad – let’s start off with some flowers from K’far Rut – planned for the next blog entry: The Internet Breaks Now...
Aliyah Blog #48: Bank Account for Business in Israel
An American Trying to Open a Business in Israel “The banks are a test of your Zionism.” – said at a Nefesh B’Nefesh thing about money I went to years ago. “I don’t understand...
Aliyah Blog #47: Taking the Bus in Israel
Preface here: It’s 2025 and the last time I took a bus in Israel before this was in about 2003. The last time I took a bus in the United States … 2010-ish? Maybe...
Aliyah Blog 46: Car Towed and Repaired.
Fun New Experience Exploring new foods, places, ideas … I like all of it. I didn’t choose to go into patent law for nothing. In some sort of perverse and twisted way, I was...
Aliyah Blog 45: Ramon Crater Revisited with Llamas
Introduction Having loved my previous visit to the Ramon Crater, I returned again with some more kids. This time a very different, and unplanned adventure ensured based on the selections by younger kids. We...
Aliyah Blog 44: Pesach Shopping & Osher Ad
Pesach Shopping is Easier in America Culture shock #997: kosher supermarkets don’t have shmura matzah, fruit jellies, chocolate leaves, or onion powder for Pesach [passover]. Where, oh where, are all the Israeli matzah brands...