When I was pregnant with our first son, at a time when I believed that we had cleared the hurdles of our previous pregnancies and had finally broken our curse of bad luck, a friend mentioned that sometimes, once that stage of pregnancy was reached, if I laughed or coughed, I might, well, to put it bluntly, leak a little. I filed that bit of information away for safe keeping...
It can often be said that the fragments of Israeli society come together in times of great joy or great sorrow. These days, Israelis are coming together in disbelief, utter disbelief over the plea bargain agreement presented to the public by Attorney General Menahem Mazuz. I’m not going to rehash the gory details (which can be found here), but I will mention some of the...
A rather interesting article (entitled “We are All Behemoths”) was published on Israel’s Nana internet portal last Friday. The article, written in Hebrew, purported to provide an overview of the English-language blogosphere in Israel, with one of the more salient points being that as English-language blogs, the bloggers who write them are, in essence offering...
I’ve always loved songs from the fifties. I know all the words to songs such as Bobby Darin‘s 1959 hit “Mack the Knife“, Bill Haley‘s “Rock Around the Clock” (though admittedly, that’s thanks to “Happy Days” more than anything else – but hey! Check out Dick Clark in this clip!), and “That’ll Be the...
Last Saturday afternoon, following a tiring-yet-fulfilling day of wandering around fortresses and waterfalls in the North, I suddenly found myself feeling envious of my blogging pal Benji. Why was I harboring such feelings towards such an upstanding fellow, you ask? Okay. Picture this scene in your mind. You’re sitting in the car with your loved ones, heading home from...
As you have probably gathered by now, I’m a news junkie. It started in my teenage years, when a young Israeli woman (with whom I am still friends) from the town of Arad came to stay with our family for three weeks in the framework of a student exchange. I’ll never forget how impressed I was that this 15 year-old Israeli was discussing politics and current events...
Little One: Mommy, what you doing? Mommy: Going to the bathroom, sweetie. Little One: I want to see! Mommy: You can’t right now, sweetie. Little One: Why? Is your tushy too big? Tweet
I’ve been at my current job for 20 months now, lugging my beloved laptop back and forth everyday, often using my train time as writing time. I’m not a big laptop expert, and am quite happy with my work-provided Dell (though I’m desperately in need of a new battery, which I keep forgetting to remind out IT guys about…). What I’m not happy about is...
Not too long ago, I wrote this post, asking for prayers for a very sick little boy. Sadly, he lost his struggle yesterday afternoon. It is simply incomprehensible to fathom the pain of losing a child, and only a parent who has already been there can understand the sheer magnitude of the hurt. Losing a child who has been ill often provokes mixed feelings. I can remember when we...
I’ve decided to do something a little different with this week’s 80s Music Video Sunday, which is certainly my prerogative, given that I’m the owner of the joint. I’ve been tagged by Life Out East (who is now back in the UK) to do a meme about music, and thinking about it, I realized that I could use the meme as a tie-in to 80s Music Video Sunday. As...