BlumsCurb.com

June 30, 2006

Last week, the web’s leading free advertising listing site, Craigslist.org, solidified its position as the big mother of the online classified industry by announcing it was adding over 100 new cities, bringing the total number of locations served to more than 300. On Craigslist and on Craigslist contenders with cute names like Oodle and Kijiji, […]

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The Royal Mikveh

June 22, 2006

With our months-long home renovation finally done, my wife Jody and I needed a break. My father-in-law Ron had come to Israel and was willing to stay with the kids, allowing us a quick getaway. Our destination: Le Meridien Hotel and Spa at the Dead Sea, for 24-hours of floating in the hot salt water […]

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“Not My Problem”

June 12, 2006

We finally moved last week. After months of renovations that I began chronicling in the post Ka-Ching, by the time you read this we will be firmly – if not entirely comfortably – ensconced in our new home. The process went remarkably smoothly. For the amount of work we had done on our new apartment, […]

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Capturing the High Ground

June 1, 2006

We were walking home from a friend’s house after lunch on Shavuot last year. It had been a blazingly hot day, a real Jerusalem sharav, but at one point we were sure we felt a slight drizzle. As we entered the courtyard to our apartment complex, we felt it again. Then we noticed them: a […]

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Shabbat Afternoon Hatikva

May 25, 2006

We were sitting on our third floor terrace on a warm Shabbat afternoon. It was one of the perfect Jerusalem days – not uncomfortably hot, not borderline cold; the air just lapping lightly at your skin with no unwelcome humidity to mar the moment. My wife Jody and I were reading the paper, eight-year-old Aviv […]

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License to Camp

May 11, 2006

Every year come May we’re amazed. One day it’s cold and rainy and the next, summer is upon us with temperatures in the mid-80s Fahrenheit. Sweaters get packed away, shorts and sandals come out. May also signifies the start of camping season. Which got me thinking about our last camping experience in Israel. “We’re going […]

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Exotic Orlando

May 5, 2006

Here are two words you don’t normally hear in the same sentence: “Exotic” and “Orlando.” Exotic is more frequently associated with places like Tahiti and Thailand or even Monte Carlo. Orlando, on the other hand, is heavy on such decidedly non-exotic offerings as Early Bird Specials and Premium Outlet Malls. But for me, on a […]

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The Power of Positive Hamstering

April 27, 2006

It was the seventh week of Merav’s latest illness. Sharp and constant pains still pierced her abdomen. She felt dizzy and weak, no doubt in part a result of self-imposed starvation as the very thought of food in her current condition nauseated her. Her head pounded and her joints ached. As we headed to the […]

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Matzomeletes

April 17, 2006

Let me start off by saying that cooking has never been my forte. Growing up, my mother wouldn’t even let my brother and me into the kitchen. That was great as a kid, with all these wonderful meals magically appearing and us having virtually no idea how they came into being. But as an adult […]

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Locusts and Lentils

April 11, 2006

Rachel just doesn’t get it. I’ve explained it again and again. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A chance to become a part of Jewish history. To not just live as a minority in some other culture’s history, but to make our own. How can someone who feels such a connection to the Jewish people – […]

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