Category: Aliyah Issues
21 Tammuz (July 26th) & My Musings on Israel
There is a reality in this country of contradictions and impossibilities that defies reason and rational. Indeed, the spiritual energy of this holy land, very literally, defies even natural and physical law. One can never expect the expected and logical.
Staying Healthy in Israel
Hang on to the helpers in your life. They’ll make the aliya process easier. One day you’ll be able to laugh it off as we learned to do.
Upon Our 8th Aliyaversary
As I begin to write this post, I must say that it is truly hard to believe that this week, my family (along with a number of others here in Maale Adumim and beyond) will celebrate our EIGHTH year in Israel, since our Aliya. In the early days of Summer …
The Four Sections of the Western Wall
The Kotel is not divided into two parts, it is divided into four parts – and should be shared equally!
Parshat Shlach, The “Mother of All” Pilot Trips Gone Bad
One of the big “misnomers” in Jewish Parshat Shavua, Torah Portion of the Week is calling this week’s parsha, Shlach-Send “The Sin of the Spies.” The very large and honorable delegation sent off to scout out, or more accurately to stake out the Holy Land weren’t called מרגלים miraglim, spies in the Biblical …
No Stories to Tell – A Shrink’s Journey to Orthodox Judaism
Life goes better when someone else makes the mistakes but you benefit from them, right? If you agree with that, you’re gonna LUV this book review. PS – Sharing is one thing, but re-publishing my work in a different forum (print, broadcast or online) is another. NOBODY has the right …
Welcome back to Klita N’ima. Part 2!
The more you experience the vocabulary, the spelling and the sound of the words you need to know, the more likely you’ll recall them at will. Think about it. How did you learn the songs you heard on radio, albums or other recordings? Your repeated exposure to the lyrics made memories!