Bat Aliyah

Due to the magic of Facebook, I recently reconnected with someone with whom I worked over 30 years ago, long before I was religious and way ...

I got an email recently from an old friend and former colleague who said she keeps hearing that I am blissfully happy here in my new life i...

When we moved to Israel, we bought iPhones for the whole family.  Lest you think this was a deep indulgence in materialism, in the end, the...

Me, sitting my ulpan classroom during a break. (Photo Credit: Leah) Assuming I live through tomorrow, I will have achieved one of my mos...

A few days ago, I got a very substantive comment on a previous post .  Since I don't know who the comment writer is, I can't answe...

One of the things we love about Ma'ale Adumim is the range of services available here in the city.  We have four grocery stores, a gas s...

Two months ago, I wrote a blog post about which consumer items olim may want to bring on their lift. I posted the question on Facebook and...

Enjoy a free Melava Malka concert this Motzei Shabbat with the band Rega'im at the Matnas' Cultural Hall in Ma'aleh Adumim - fea...

The Other Guy Last night, I was introduced to the idea of composing my own Book of Nissim.  This is a small journal in which one writes ...

Last night, I had occasion to consider moving back to America.  It doesn't matter why.  Even the casual consideration of it made me shak...