Only in Israel

The AIDS Test

February 17, 2005

Dr. Michael arrived at half past ten in the morning on a rainy winter day wearing a gray overcoat, a long-since fashionable paisley pullover sweater vest, and a big black case. He sat down across from me at my kitchen table and rifled through a wad of official looking papers. Dr. Michael is a traveling […]

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Formal Attire

January 6, 2005

The invitation to Shaya and Benny’s wedding read: “Formal attire.” Formal attire? What the heck is formal attire? In Israel we are masters of casual comfort. We dress down everywhere we go, including weddings, no…in particular at weddings. You want to keep it loose so you can dance and not feel restricted by a tie […]

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In De-Nile

November 25, 2004

One of the hardest things about living in Israel for Western immigrants is not having access to the vast consumer marketplace we grew up with in North America. I know, that sounds pretty trivial and maybe even a little petty. After all, we are living in another country. We freely chose to put 5,000 miles […]

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Music and Meet

November 17, 2004

I was asked by a colleague to help out on a friend’s website. Nothing fancy, just a little advice to help the guy get up and running. And, oh yeah, could I do it for free? As it turns out, the website happens to be for a good cause, so I took up the challenge. […]

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Save My Spot

October 20, 2004

He looked like a regular guy. His short cropped hair, half frame wire glasses, t-shirt (not too designer, not too sloppy) and well worn sandals all suggested a cafe patron with at least a moderately worldly frame of reference. So when he asked Jody to “save his spot” at the Rami Levy supermarket checkout line, […]

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