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
I am dropping my Hebrew II class. I can’t stand it. It’s so boring. I am going to have to study on my own and try to learn along the way but I definitely cannot continue. Maybe I can pick up the same class next “session” but I feel like I’m too tired to learn… Continue reading Awe of G-d or G-d is awesome…
In honor of Chaia, I purchased… “My New Desk”! !!!! It will arrive the first week of December. I also will be getting a new snazzy ergonomic chair…which someone should help me build. Hint. Hint. Meanwhile, the rain is making my hands ache, ache, ache. Ouch. Pray for the rain to stop–it should on Wednesday… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pains=Short Blog
I won’t TMI you too much but I’m kind of out of it this early in the month so I’m trying to balance everything and here’s how I’m doing: My number one focus is my new cat, Clark Kent. Should I REALLY give him away? I mean now that I have two air purifiers…. Meanwhile,… Continue reading All-Time Jew Low
according to the great Dr. Seuss. I don’t know how well I’m doing with the balancing. I just finished handing in my “socratic seminar lesson” for my Thursday night class. Yea, it’s the wee hours of Monday. I had to finish putting in grades first for my 100 students. I failed about 40 students, maybe… Continue reading Life’s a Great Balancing Act…
So I visited a Sephardic shul in midtown east for my Friday night meal under the sukkah. The place was beautiful. The singing had a Middle Eastern twang. The food was unidentifiable except for something called “kipe” that Dominicans eat and call the same thing. So, while I may look Sephardic…or at least Israeli according… Continue reading Going on "Sephardic"
Greetings from my couch where I am stationed thanks to the rain, the back pain and trying to fast on Yom Kippur. Trying, you say? Yea, I couldn’t hold out. Instead of fasting entirely, I had Cheerios for breakfast (gone stale, no less) and for lunch there were chips, soda and two donuts. Gross? Yes.… Continue reading Fasting, Back Pain and Rain or How I Barely Survived Yom Kippur
I have eaten one meal. My head may fall off. Ouch. Body hurts. Stomach freaking out. 7pm and still at school creating charts and making copies of stuff. SIGH. Want to move to Israel and pray and study all day. Refuse to teach children. Cannot make complete sentences. Hold me.
The shofar blows and you know you ARE Jewish (even without the prescribed conversion). American Express credits your account $200+ dollars on the second day of Rosh Hashanah because you spent so much, they’re giving you a rebate. Still owe $310 this month but that’s down significantly. Your best friend (stationed in Israel) sends you… Continue reading You know it’s a happy new year when…
So, why does one decide to become Jewish? It’s funny that you should ask. Well, it all started around eight years old when I was introduced to religion in catechism (sp?) classes. I could not reconcile the idea of the Ten Commandments and Jesus Christ. No matter how it was explained, it smelled of idolatry… Continue reading Yes, I’m converting to Judaism…
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