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 |  My life in Tel Aviv. Welcome to Israel! |
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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.
** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world. |
| Dear roommates, It's two o'clock in the morning. I want to go to bed. I don't want to watch your stupid comedy. Shut up, turn off the damn lights, and stop asking me what the hell is wrong. NOTHING is wrong, thanks. I'm tired because it is two o'clock in the morning and my brother didn't get to come home this Shabbat. I'm tired, it's late, and you're too stupid to put two and two together. Also, Ninet, you are not the boss. Just because you're gorgeous and you like to pretend you're always sick does not mean you get to have your way all the time. I don't care if everyone guy in the damn world wants to sleep with you. You are not my mother. Sarah, I don't care how innocent you are. You're not perfect. Stop talking like a little baby and grow up. I'm not going to feel bad for you if you're offend by some random joke in our American movie. Suck it up, this isn't Europe. And Linor, I am not a fan of you. You're stoic and obnoxious, and you have no sense of humor. I don't care if you think I dress like everyone else. I hate that you try to be weird just for the sake of being different. That's just as bad as trying to be the same. Stop talking. Stop drinking. Go to bed and leave me alone. I want to sleep, maybe do some reading or listen to some music on my iPod. I don't want to listen to you gossip and I don't CARE about your childhood. SHUT. UP. It's Rosh Hashanah, and I'm not home because my family couldn't meet. Because the army needed my brother, because Iran is ready to strike. Because my sister and her fiance decided to go to Jerusalem. Because Shabbat just me and my parents is not the same. It's not my whole family and it pisses me off. I want to go to sleep. They won't shut up. The whole world won't shut up. I just want some peace and some quiet... |
| Iran is like that kid in elementary school who liked to start fights and then tell on the people fighting. And the kid looks really cool for awhile, yes? But then people get tired of getting into trouble and so they get mad. And then nobody likes that kid, and the kid suddenly has no friends so the kid just keeps starting fights. But nobody pays much attention to this kid anymore, until the kid brings a slingshot and rocks and forces everyone to look over their shoulders. The good news is that we Jews are pretty good with slingshots, right, Goliath? Yom Kippur is this Monday and very shortly my mother will make every concievable attempt to convince me to participate in the synagogue traditions. Last year, she was sucessful but the year before she was not. We will see how long my willpower lasts. And tonight I get to see my brother  . Shabbat Shalom! |
| Al-Qaida is threatening Germany. I'm not really sure why I found that really funny. It's kind of a random country to threaten, yes? Germany. Why not like Russia? Germany? I am now craving Strudel, though. Why even bother with the G-20? Why even bother letting Ahmadinejad speak? Why even bother pretending nuclear weapons will ever disapear? So many questions. The only answer is the beach  .Also I cannot believe they are making this movie: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/killingkasztner/ |
| Ukraine is building a hotel over the site of the Babi Yar massacre, which if you do not know was the murder of 33,771 Jewish citizens by the German S.S. exactly sixty eight years ago next Tuesday. A lot of people in Israel are protesting, but I am kind of thinking is a good thing. Moving on is sometimes really good. And what use is the land, anyway? Build. Advance. I am going to try to make American cheese cake again, now. |
| Joke #1: Isaac goes into temple and says to the Rabbi,"Rabbi my son has switched to Christanity, what should I do?" "Well, I will ask God. Come back tomorrow". Isaac comes back the next day and the Rabbi tells him, "I have asked God, but he says he is sorry. He has the same problem." Joke #2: A Priest and a Rabbi were talking one day and the conversation eventually turned as it always did, to the Rabbi's Piety. The Priest kept on urging him,"Come on Rabbi, this is the 21st century. Why don't you lighten up? When are you going to break down and have a ham sandwich?" The Rabbi looked at him at length and replied,"At your wedding, Father. At your wedding!" |
| No running water in our appartment complex until 8:00 tonight is completely inconvinient. I cannot function without water. It is so hot here! The Goldstone Report is useless. It's also a lie. It makes me feel angry and defensive, and also everyone keeps trying to guess if we're going to attack Iran. Will Israel attack Iran? Is Israel emotionally stable? They have big guns and ("") nuclear weapons, and they hate Iranians. Will they attack? Will they start the third world war? Instead of asking, why does nobody ask why we would want to attack Iran? Anyway. No call from Yoav. But I am enjoying the beach again and frozen pomegranate juice  .But I do miss my family  . |
| Fourth date with Yoav was a disaster. We fought the whole time. I didn't know he had it in him to be argumentative. He gave an Arab on the street today in Jaffa some money, and I got angry because you don't do that. You never do that. He told me people were people. I told him people were people, but there were people trying to kill our people. He said exactly, that was why we should all be kind. I told him kindness is pointless in Israel when it comes to the Arabs. He told me I was being intolerant and just as bad as they are. I told him we're at war, they want us all dead, and we have to fight for our right to live here. Way to go, Yoav. You really blew this one. |
| L'shanah tovah! This year's theme in Judaism: ethics. We are to lead exemplorary and highly moral lives. We are to take financial scandals like that of Bernie Madoff and the New Jersey rabbis as a deep shame, and we are to better ourselves through better adhering to our moral code. That should go well, considering we're at war. I had a good year, all and all. I grew up a lot in the past few months, which I understand now is all part of life. I need to focus more on my studies and my future. I found myself missing the army far more often than I ever anticipated, so I must find a way to substitute what it is I am missing with something already at hand. My grandmother passed away this year, which was a sad loss in our family, and my father had some health problems, which also caused strain. But my father now is healthy, so for this I am thankful. My sister is engaged to a good man (all and all), and my brother is doing well in the army. I have much to be thankful for. How about you? Did you have a good year? It is time to celebrate! Dip some bread or apples in honey, throw a trinket into a river, call out through a ram's horn, and cast away your sins. And to everyone: L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi (may you be inscribed and sealed for a good year)! |
| Rosh Hashanah begins tomorrow. I am out of school for four weeks . And the annuel Jerusalem Post pundit quiz is out: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804588654&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti... You predict how bad things will get in this coming year (5770), and then next year you see how wrong (or right) you were. I always get philosophical and post highlights of my year and expectations for the coming year. Now, I am going to the firing range before I have to start apologizing on Yom Kippur. And then Jaffa for a quiet evening with friends...unless we get distracted by the bright lights of Tel Aviv, that is .EDIT: Dear UK Trades Union, Fuck you. You want to boycott our goods? Our economy already sucks. Thanks a lot. Toronto boycotts our movies, Ireland boycotts our cosmetics, and now you want to boycott our food? Thanks for your overwhelming support, free world. |
| It's a little after 5:30 in the morning and I am awake because I cannot sleep. All night, I cannot sleep. I have question. In my last entry I asked for suggestions for my upcoming trip to New York City, and I was told the subway is necessary to really experience the city. When I think subway, I think danger. Small, enclosed space underground? Low security? Public access? This is dangerous! Suicide bombers would find it so easy to just walk in, sit down, and then blow everyone up. Americans, you do not worry about this? Is like, everything I see and everything I do and every place I go, I think of threat level. Maybe it is because of the army, or just because of where I grew up, but I always assess the threat in a situation. Is paranoia? Probably. But is a cultural difference. Westerners are fortunate that they do not necessarily have to worry about terrorism or radical attacks, although they are not immune from them. Terrorism is daily to me, rare to you, perhaps? But neither is good. My roommate I cannot stand. Every day she is not liking Tel Aviv. Today, I told her to leave Tel Aviv if she does not like it. She looks at me, and she says this, "Why should I have to leave?" Is like sometimes I am speaking another language! Going to firing range today with some friends . I have not been in awhile and I am very excited. I have to take dust off of my gun, though. Is pathetic. School distracts me from my own security! |
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