Aliyah 106: Dead Sea Swimming / Geology
Swimming in the Dead Sea Mineral Beach is not there – it fell into the sea. Ein Gedi Beach not there – it did that first. Mineral Beach was being a salty copycat. Allegedly...
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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 Blog #86: “The Other Ein Gedi” (Nahal Arugot)
How I ended up there We purchased ceramic tile from a place called “Oz Kamerica” because even though Hebrew has an “s” sound, apparently someone at some point decided to transliterate the word with...
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 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...