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this posting is back by popular demand!…with some updates!
All I want for Christmas…
There are some products that you just can’t get here and if you want to send me a “care package” these would be appreciated more than you know. Yaacov says that I should find products in Israel to take the place of these […]

Duh!
I found this commentary (see below) and it sums up pretty well what I am feeling after my first movie experience at a “mainstream” Israeli theater. I was SO looking forward to this movie. I really enjoyed the first one…but this one stinks. It’s rotten. Don’t go to see it. Not even on DVD!
The only […]

The other day during my favorite part of Ulpan -the break- I went to a little shop a bought a bag of, get this, potato chips! They tasted like America…like home! It was Lays Potato Chips…and nevermind all the Hebrew and Arabic writing on the package and the fact that they were marked as Kosher…they […]

Scary!
Yaacov’s mom supervises the science curriculum for kindergartens in the Jerusalem public schools. Several teachers got together and bought her a plant in appreciation of her hard work. The flower they got her is pictured above! Believe me, it’s much more frightening in person! It’s described as a plant “with hauntingly black blooms and tentacles […]

Day After Thanksgiving Wake up: If you’re looking for a little help in getting out of bed to be the first in line at the toy store on Friday, Target is here for you.
The retailer has set up a system that allows consumers to order wake-up calls on Black Friday and Saturday featuring the voices […]