Aliyah Blog 39: Prove Yourself and Plumbing
Prove You’re American The best way to let Israelis know that you are American is to open your mouth and start speaking. The second-best way is to walk into an electronics store and ask...
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Aliyah Blog 38: Talking in Quiet Peace
Today, I write about a few recent things, none really having much to do with the other. For one, trying to find someone to fix a grandfather clock of a kind no one finds...
Aliyah Diary 37: Technical Difficulties
Let’s do some back and forth – explanations follow: Birds Internet Yawning at Work VPN “Free” Online Hebrew Phones Side Effect of Learning Hebrew Immigration It’s Included In the Price Coconuts Plastic Bags Water...
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...
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...