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The Falafel Curse
Ever since I started going out for my falafel with my friend Bob, theres been one unspoken rule: neither of us will patronize Falafel Oved without the other. Its OK to go to another falafel stand, just not the one where we have our weekly date. That hasnt been hard to follow. In general, Im not... Read more...
Published 16 hours ago

What Would Be The Worst Thing?
The one drawback to traveling in Israel during hol ha moed " the intermediary days of the Pesach holiday that ended two weeks ago " is the traffic. Everyone is on the roads and you have to anticipate long delays. Trying to figure out the fastest, least congested route is a national sport in which... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

3 Days in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights
During the recent hol ha moed post-Pesach vacation period, we had the opportunity to join our friends Debbie and Eliot for five days in the upper Galilee and Golan Heights. 8 families stayed at a field school just outside Kibbutz Snir, a 10-minute drive from Kyriat Shemona on Highway 99. The... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Reinventing Date Night
My wife Jody and I try to go out for a date night once a week. Sometimes we slip to once every two or three weeks. So when we do get out, we want to make sure its good. Regular readers will know were big fans of sushi. So when we heard that our favorite sushi bar had opened a new branch just a... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Tsav Rishon
Our 16-year-old year old son Amir received his Tsav Rishon last week. Thats the letter the Israeli army sends out with the date a young man or woman must appear at the army's induction center for physical and mental testing. This visceral coming of age notice reminded me of the tenuousness of our... Read more...
Published 1 month ago

Waterless
Last week, we ran out of hot water. Well, we didnt actually run out. But through a convergence of bad luck, all our hot water heating devices broke down simultaneously, leaving us hot waterless with Shabbat coming and five Blums needing to take their pre-sundown showers.Now, Im sure a real... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Restaurant Review: Tamago Sushi
Several years ago in this column I bemoaned the paucity of sushi bars in holy city. In 10 Reasons I Still Love Jerusalem, I wrote that the only thing lacking in Israels capital was good sushi.No more. Jerusalem has been overrun by sushi establishments in recent months. And unlike Tel Aviv (and... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

An Eye-Opening Experience
A new documentary titled Eyes Wide Open premiered last week at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Directed by veteran filmmaker and Jerusalemite Paula Weiman-Kelman, the film explores the complex relationship of North American Jews with Israel by following several groups from the US as they visit... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Transportation Planner Provides Peek into Jerusalem Transit Changes
Motorists in Jerusalem have for several months now been stuck in severe traffic jams while traveling near or through the city center. Thats unfortunate, though not entirely unintentional, explains Marc Render, partner and co-founder of AmAv, a transportation planning consultancy that has been... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

No Offense Taken
A Japanese company contacted me by email a couple of weeks ago expressing interest in the new startup Im in the process of launching. The company, which was representing a large Internet Service Provider based in Osaka, wanted to explore possibilities for collaboration. I was needless to say... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

The Rabbis Daughter and Me
Despite the controversial subtitle A True Story of Sex, Drugs and Orthodoxy, Reva Manns new autobiography The Rabbis Daughter is neither as shocking or inflammatory as its name would suggest. Rather, Manns powerful memoir will seem familiar to many Jews who grew up in secular homes, crossed over... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Charted and Set Sail
Its been a year and a half since I reported on our familys using a chart system, described in the column Charting a New Course. So, you might be wondering right, how did it go?The short answer: well, theres good news and bad news.We had two goals when we set up our chart system. The first was... Read more...
Published 3 months ago