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Shalom! I was born outside of Haifa, moved to Tel Aviv when I was twelve, and served in the Israeli Defense Force for two years. Now, I am a student at TAU. I hope I can show the world the humanity of my nation. We're not so different, after all.
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| Yesterday all was well, and today my father calls me to tell me my uncle has cancer and my dog is dying. So my uncle they think has maybe a year or two, and my dog maybe a month. I used to be close to my uncle, but not so much anymore. Maybe this is good. And my dog was my dog for years until the army, and now I get to see her only on Shabbat. So I do not know. Bummer day. |
| I had to sign up for my classes next semester. In addition to the four classes related to my major, I am also taking a course on elementary Arabic (which my family and friends are exceedingly unhappy about), Religion and Religious Traditions in the United States (Christianity, Christianity, and Christianity), and Trigonometry (which should be absolutely horrible). Yesterday I bought a container of soap for the bathroom and there was a little bug stuck inside. Not only is this absolutely disgusting, I am very confused as to how it is even possible. Do you want to date Yoav? Because I certainly do not. Tips on how to survive the Tel Aviv romance scene: http://www.roadjunky.com/romancepage/401/israel-romance-and-dating Is impossible to find a job  . And when you come from a country that is not so good at sports (Oh, Yisrael!), you either weep when the Europeans laugh at you or you make funny tourism commerical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn0NQ293Ugw&feature=player_embedded |
| Yesterday I went to the ceremony here in Tel Aviv to honor Yitzhak Rabin. I remember when he was killed I was eight or nine and didn't really understand. Is still interesting to me how passionate people can become. Rabin's assasin, Yigal Amir, was an Orthodox Jew who wanted, he claimed, to only save the State of Israel. He was very wrong, but passions are very strong. Is scary. Also today there are rumors that Obama and Fatah have made a secret deal to create a Palestinian State. I think a Palestinian State is ideal, I think it is necessary, and I support it, as long as it is demilitarized. If it is not, Israel faces grave dangers and our existance will not only be threatened, it would stand a very big chance of being compromised. Netanyahu supports a two-state solution, as do most Israelis. We want peace, too. My friend was very offended that this deal would be made in secret, and, indeed, he should be. But let us remember how Israel was created. The British government began the job (sort of), the United Nations attempted to mess it up, and then we eventually won it ourselves with help of the Americans. It was not a mutual agreement. It is hypocritical to think that the creation of a Palestinian State should have to be so open-minded, but, then, it would be better this way. A Palestinian State, with no military or arms, if it brought Middle Eastern peace, and if it eliminated what our country has had to become, would be ideal. I would pray for this. But let us be honest, yes? A Palestinian State would not solve problems. Israel would still be under constant attack from our anti-Semitic enemies. Iran would gain a sovereign ally. But the international community would stop accusing us of crimes against humanity, so I suppose this would be a positive. I want the Palestinian people to have a country, to have peace, and to have what they deserve. I do not, however, want the achievement of these things to hurt a single Israeli. This, I think, is almost impossible. |
| Shabbat shalom, all! My family is here, and I am with my family, and we have eaten well and we have laughed well and we have had a wonderful evening. Is like, I go out to dancing and playing around and sometimes not being so religious, but at the end of the week there is always a new week. I think there is very little in the world that is better than warm challah. Joke? A visitor came to Israel and saw the Western Wall. Not being too versed in religious aspects, he inquired of another tourist about the significance of the wall. The other tourist explained, "This is a sacred wall. If you pray to it, God may hear you." The visitor walked close to the wall and started to pray. "Dear Lord," he said, "bring sunshine and warmth to this beautiful land." A commanding voice answered, "I will, my son." The visitor said, "Bring prosperity to this land." "I will, my son." "Let Jews and Arabs live together in peace, dear Lord." The voice answered, "You're talking to a wall." |
I have a new upgraded membership! Is a miracle! Thank you, Anonymous!!!  Very, very sad about American army base. Tragedy. Is unthinkable for me. I think I will freeze in New York. There is a reason the Promised Land was in the desert. (Proximity, but still  ). Micah has an accent when he speaks. I do not know where he is from. I just realized that there are no warm beaches in New York right now . I will have to do much shopping to make up for this. Also I worry my English will not be so good. Like suddenly I will forget how I am supposed to read it. Zionism: good or bad connotation? |
| Five more days of this membership and this blog . I will make other blog, I think, off of WdC. I must learn how to. Oh, look, United Nations! Forty containers each containing 300 tons of explosives found on an Iraninan ship meant to target Israel? New data proving that weapons from Gaza can easily hit Tel Aviv? Recent unrest in the Hamas hierarchy? Hmm...Could this mean that Iran is a threat, perhaps? I feel as though it leaves small doubt. On a less bitter note, Z.˚rz  has assured me that my sight-seeing list for my trip to New York City is safe! So I will not be kidnapped or mugged or pickpocketed. And if I am, I know who will pay these damages . I worry more now about freezing to death. I know I am half-Polish, but I am also half-Sephardic so I am not so well used to the cold. "Cold" in Tel Aviv is not so cold in New York, I think. I have no winter jacket! This I will have to buy. It will be hard to find, I think! But it will be worth it .Shabbat this week with my parents, my sister, my sister's future-husband, my aunt and uncle, my grandmother, and my brother! Very excited. Is like miracle! |
| To the Arab with the sign that said "G-d Bless Hitler": may you someday realize that you are an ignorant, cruel hypocrite. May you never speak of the deaths of twelve million innocent men, women, and children in a complimentary tone. May you never abuse the memory of the stolent lives as if they were at fault for the shortcomings your own life has seen. And may you never, never utter such words in Israel again. And to modern-day Germany: thank you! Thank you for your support and for your realization that, yes, allowing a nation like Iran to have nuclear weapons is a bad thing. Thank you, Deutschland. And thank you, United States! Thank you for backing the bill to condemn the Goldstone Report on Cast-Lead. We Israelis are grateful! I met a guy today named Micah  . Nice guy. He is not shy (or without values) like Yoav, but he is funny and smart and he makes me laugh! I like him. I said yes to dinner . Free meal!!New York City in two weeks. Very excited! |
| My roommates I am very tired of. I do not like that I have until April with them, but such is true. Also quite bored. Is all study, study, study. Sometimes I miss the army, because there was not so many moments where you were bored. And even if you were bored, it was kind of like relief. But now, when I am bored here is because I am not studying like I should be doing. So is different. I cannot believe Chanukah is just a month and a half away. I have not gotten any gifts or anything! I need to invest in earplugs. |
| I could talk about the Jewish terrorist here who has done so many bad things, but I will be of hypocracy and not elaborate. Is very bad man who deserves prison and I am very sorry to the Arab families he has touched. Nobody deserves to be targeted. He is not what Judaism is or has become. Lonely here on WdC . Where is everyone? Writing novels, I think. Is good, but I am feeling like I should do the same. Except I have school and no good ideas. I am very hungry and I need my hair to be cut. Today my fish is dead. Goodbye, TziTzi. |
| May I recommend the movie Fateless? Is a Holocaust movie, but it is very disconcerting and twisted. The main character is a fourteen-year-old boy who, after surviving the Camps, actually wants to return. Is called Stockholm Syndrome, I think--and it is very interesting. A bit disturbing, but very good. Bus crash . One killed, and hopefully no more. Is very sad. Rain! Rain! How do we have rain? Is desert! |
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