Posts Tagged: living in Israel
What It’s Like When Jerusalem Goes on Strike
It's been a hard week to be a father of young children in Jerusalem. Public day care centers across Israel's capital have been shut for three days and...
Taking Risks Is the Israeli Way
JNS.org - When individuals move to Israel, most are transformed by the new experience in obvious ways. Some become more religious, others become more right wing,...
There’s No Place Like Home
One of my favorite things about flying back to Israel from a long trip abroad is the first glimpse I catch of the land, seeing...
Adventures in the Israeli Healthcare System
JNS.org - When I made aliyah over a year ago, I was warned that it would be hard. As I had no family here, many people gave...
Living in Israel and Dealing With Loss From Abroad
JNS.org - Living in Israel comes with many hardships, some of them known and some of them unknown. I expected certain dilemmas with the language, bureaucracy,...
Israelis and Americans: Sincerity Versus Politeness
JNS.org - The cultural differences between Israel and the United States are substantial, reminding me of a major reason why I moved to Israel 10 months...
Bedouin Hospitality in Israel
JNS.org - Unfortunately, vacation life is nothing like real life. We all know this. So when I fell in love with Israel after visiting four times...
Take One Small Step Towards Aliyah
We’ve all felt it. At one moment or another, anyone who ever visited Israel has had their breath taken away. It could be emerging from the...
Israel, Two Months Post-Absorption Center: An Aliyah Check-up
JNS.org - I want to start by saying that I have a bone to pick with social media: People typically put out only the version of...
How Would Living in the United States Change My Daughters?
Yogi Berra once said that when you come to a fork in the road, take it. On a recent family vacation to the United States, I did...
The Odyssey of My First Israeli Haircut
JNS.org - Never having gotten my hair cut in Israel before, I was mildly concerned about finding a good place for a cut and some highlights....
New to Israel, and Finding a Pipe to Nowhere
JNS.org - Torah is awash in stories connecting water with miracles. This is not one of them. Six months in, and I have taken the plunge...
Aliyah Up 6.7 Percent in Early 2014
JNS.org - January 2014 saw a 6.7-percent rise in the number of new immigrants to Israel compared to the same month in 2013, data...
Lesbian, Filipina Caregiver Wins Israel’s First X-Factor
JNS.org - A Filipina caregiver working in Israel on Tuesday was crowned the winner of the first season of the Israeli version of the X-Factor...
