Yesh Matsav

Recently, Ulf, Gabriela, Michal, and I went to a wedding of Gabriela’s first cousin’s son, Daniel, which would make him Michal’s second cousin. For Israelis, the wedding probably just blended into some of the approximately 2000 that they go to in the course of an Israeli lifetime. For me, however, it was a small peek […]

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Yesterday was my first day of Ulpan (language class) at Ulpan Gordon. I was told to come in the morning for the placement test, and when I arrived I joined the teeming masses of seekers of Hebrew knowledge, and was given an exam to assess my reading and writing skills. Needless to say, they’re rather […]

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The name of this cafe is : “Coffee, Food…Come on, Food” (It reminds me a bit of the Little Engine that Could.)

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Street graffiti is one way of getting to know a country and Israel’s wall art is no exception. It reflects a country that is self-reflecting, deeply irreverant, and often despairing; a country divided and torn about how they see themselves and the world outside.  The lower image features one of the country’s most popular street […]

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Here’s my latest review: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220526711485&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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During the month of August days are better spent inside. But at night, when the heat dies down a bit, Jerusalem is lovely. Devorah and I walked from her place on Mendele Mocher Sefarim Street (where I have been staying on and off for the last two weeks) to the German Colony, and on our […]

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On Friday I returned to Tel Aviv after 17 hours or so of traveling through four different airports – Dhaka – Doha, Doha – Amman, Amman – Tel Aviv. It’s not easy to get places in the Muslim world directly from Israel, or the other way around. I brought two bags with me – one […]

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This debut post is being typed from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, where I have been for the last 9 days conducting a labor assessment for USAID, the American government’s development agency. Our specific task is somewhat technical, but I have been visiting with many organizations and people, including groups of workers, many of whom […]

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Gentrification has no national borders.  We arrived a few days ago to Tel Aviv where we will be living for the next year and are spending the first week with our good friends Yofi and Zohar and their cat Cato. The apartment where they live sits half a block from Shuk Ha’Carmel, the main market […]

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