Here’s a stand-up comedy routine from a fellow convert to Judaism, Aaron Freeman. I really enjoyed his show at LimmudLA and I hope you’ll enjoy this clip! A little snipet: “Judaism is the world’s most obsessive compulsive book club.” Aaron Freeman Performing in Israel
Oy, another deadline missed. I mean, if I can’t make a self-imposed deadline…! My husband is grumpy. It’s 12:22am and he wants me to come to bed. Something about me being a workaholic. Lots of guilt, etc. I woke up this morning and ran to the post office, then the bank and then off to… Continue reading Just one of those days
Gosh, I guess I never really noticed that the NY Times was extremely biased against Israel. I didn’t really read the news every day before coming to Israel. Now I read it just about every hour. Really, that’s about all that’s changed in my life since the war started. I was afraid to get on… Continue reading We should boycott the New York Times
Hello from Jerusalem where I have continually assured friends who have been emailing me that we are far from the missiles being launched into Northern Israel. These are not words that I ever imagined having to formulate. It would seem that Israel is at war and all of us are on the edge of our… Continue reading War, Conversion, Modern Orthodoxy, etc.
Pots? The converts won’t use the same pots or utensils that I do. Hebrew? Got Hebrew 10 minutes a day! Doing Language skills classes but learning Hebrew via the Chumash is really strange. I think we’re going over grammar soon. Converting? Rabbi says we should talk when I get back but the outlook is good… Continue reading Mucho Problemos
So, I don’t know my way around and I’m scared to get into cabs. I don’t speak the primary language but mostly, I love it here. It’s hard to explain why. Today, during Shabbos, we walked to the Western Wall to have our third Shabbos meal. The food was awful but I had the strangest… Continue reading Shabbos 2 in Israel
The first couple of days I hyperventilated over grocery shopping. It looked like a supermarket but I couldn’t read anything. I can read PRINTED Hebrew but now Hebrew SCRIPT. I gasped at the difficulty to distinguish between milk, soy milk and finally, thankfully, discovered soy milk. Aha! I went into a place and ordered breakfast… Continue reading WEEK 1: Israel
Tomorrow I’m meeting with the director of the school and stocking up on all my medications. Spent Shabbos with a lovely YU family. Good food. Good conversation–some over my head. Most positive people to be with on Shabbos. I had lots of fun and I showed Igor a great side of Washington Heights, the YU… Continue reading 4 days til Israel
Wow! In six days, I will be in a foreign country. Aside from Canada and the Dominican Republic, I’ve been to no other foreign soil either. This will be the farthest I’ve ventured from my time zone. Meanwhile: Panicking about how I’m going to survive on disability but now EVERYONE at work knows my plans… Continue reading 6 Days til Israel
So, here I am, feeling a mentally better today if not physically better. I informed the principal that I was going on disability in September because there was no way, I could come back with this pain problem. (On a sidenote, the rheumatolgists has me on a new med that MAY cause stomach bleeding. Hmm.)… Continue reading Boy, you work fast…
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