| Definitions |
Aliyah
Olim, Oleh, Olah
Sal Klita - Absorption Basket
Shabbat
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Shul
Suedat Shlishit - Shalos Suedas
Tallit/Tallis and Tefillin/Phylacteries
Ulpan
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| Aliyah Planning
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11/05/08 You said if Obama won...
12/02/08 Vacuum Storage Bags May Be Hazardous to Your Iron!
01/05/09 Nefesh B'Nefesh Unveils Fast-Track Aliyah Application
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| Final Weeks in America
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06/27/08 June 2008 - The Final Countdown
06/30/08 Visiting the Kids: TN - AL
07/01/08 Visiting the Kids: AL - TN
07/02/08 Visiting Family in Missouri
07/03/08 Goodbye to Friends
07/04/08 Finally Moving!
07/07/08 Visiting Family in NY
07/08/08 Heading to NYC
07/13/08 Mom's Hospital Stay
07/13/08 JFK DEPARTURE!
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Arrival in Israel
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07/13/08 Arriving Home!
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| Assimilation/Immigration - The Absorption Process (i.e., settling in)
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07/13/08 Jetlag and Shabbat with the Casdens
07/15/08 Shopping & Opening Bank Account
07/15/08 Lunch with the Plaskows
07/15/08 Phone Installation and Shopping
07/16/08 Deliveries, Health Insurance, and Nefesh B'Nefesh
07/17/08 Ministry of Absorption, School & Shopping
07/18/08 Shopping in Ma'aleh Adumim
07/20/08 Last Minute Shabbat Invitations
07/20/08 Goodmans and Aarons
07/20/08 Health Insurance, Taxes, Books & the People Left Behind
07/22/08 School Paperwork and More Shopping!
07/22/08 Waiting for Printer, Talpiot Shopping
07/24/08 Washer & Dryer and Shuk Shopping
07/25/08 Shabbat Preparations and Cat Sitting
07/25/08 Kotel and Jerusalem Shopping
07/28/08 A Day in the Life...
07/30/08 Happy Birthday Dad! And JP Still Missing!
08/02/08 Jerusalem Post Arrived and Shabbat Guests!
08/03/08 Itchy-Buggy!
08/08/08 In Honor of Mom's Birthday - Dead Sea Adventure
08/10/08 Catching Up on Last Week - The Car
08/10/08 Cell Phone Text Messaging IN HEBREW
08/10/08 Exterminating the Bugs
08/10/08 Michael Shops Solo!
08/10/08 Neve Daniel, Efrat, and a New Sofa!
08/10/08 Thursday - Close to Home
08/16/08 A Moment of Growth?
08/16/08 Pleasurable Machane Yehuda Shopping
08/16/08 Politics, Gas Pumps and IKEA
08/19/08 Israeli Driving - I've Become My Mother!
08/24/08 An Unusually Cloudy Day – Ulpan, Driver's License, Children
08/25/08 Acting Out - A Societal Excuse
08/25/08 Children's Ulpan-Summer Camp
08/27/08 Posts Missing Due to Technical Difficulties
08/27/08 Ride 'em Donkeys!
08/28/08 Driving Lesson
08/28/08 Salute to Israeli Bus Drivers
09/01/08 Ulpan Reconnaissance: French Hill
09/01/08 Ulpan Reconnaissance: Morasha
09/02/08 The Bubble Burst!
09/03/08 Did You Ever Do Something Really Stupid?
09/03/08 Yisrael's First Day of School in Israel
09/05/08 Welcome Carol Baum!
09/18/08 TWILIGHT ZONE - The Israeli Education System
09/24/08 TWILIGHT ZONE - Israeli Education Episode 2
09/25/08 Our Sofas Arrived!
09/25/08 Tiyul: Eretz Bereishit
09/25/08 Unique Wind Chime
10/02/08 Exiting the Twilight Zone!
10/05/08 TWILIGHT ZONE Reentry and Quick Exit
10/28/08 Israeli Driving Tests
11/03/08 MarcShoret Communicators Conference
11/03/08 Immunizations and Touro Writing Course
11/14/08 On the Job Front
11/19/08 A New Israeli Driver!
11/27/08 Job Fair - Opportunity for Improvement
11/27/08 Another New Israeli Driver!
11/28/08 I'm Thankful For...
12/02/08 Power of a Song
12/09/08 My License Arrived
12/13/08 Diary of a Snow Shoveler
12/17/08 Fire! Fire! Nope, this is Only a TEST!
01/07/09 An Aliyah Mother's Dream Comes True!
01/12/09 What's it Like Living a Few Miles from the Gaza Border?
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| Buyer Reports
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07/15/08 Phone Installation and Shopping
07/16/08 Deliveries, Health Insurance, and Nefesh B'Nefesh
07/22/08 Waiting for Printer, Talpiot Shopping
07/28/08 A Day in the Life... Sonigo, Jerusalem Post & Logistics Laser
07/30/08 JP Still Missing!
08/02/08 Jerusalem Post Arrived
08/10/08 Cell Phone Text Messaging IN HEBREW
08/11/08 Buyer Report - Beware Logistic Laser
08/12/08 Buyer Report - Jerusalem Post
08/16/08 Pleasurable Machane Yehuda Shopping
08/16/08 Politics, Gas Pumps and IKEA
08/18/08 Buyer Report - IKEA in Netanya
08/18/08 Buyer Report - Teva Market in Netanya
08/28/08 Buyer Report: Driving Lesson
09/25/08 Our Sofas Arrived!
09/25/08 Crash! There Goes Another Hard Drive
10/16/08 What's Up with the Quality of Dell Laptops Lately?
11/03/08 Razors and Slow Boats from China
International Shipping from America to Israel
08/10/08 Update on Our Lift
09/02/08 Ship Work Slowdown Affecting Arriving of Lifts for Olim
09/04/08 Labor Court Orders Workers Back to Work
09/09/08 A Glimmer of Hope Regarding Our Lift
09/24/08 Unbelievable! Week 14 and Still NO LIFT!
10/16/08 Week 16.71 - Lift Delivered
12/02/08 Vacuum Storage Bags May Be Hazardous to Your Iron!
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| Education - School and Ulpan
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07/22/08 School Paperwork and More Shopping!
08/24/08 An Unusually Cloudy Day – Ulpan, Driver's License, Children
08/25/08 Acting Out - A Societal Excuse
08/25/08 Children's Ulpan-Summer Camp
09/01/08 Ulpan Reconnaissance: French Hill
09/01/08 Ulpan Reconnaissance: Morasha
09/03/08 Yisrael's First Day of School in Israel
09/18/08 TWILIGHT ZONE - The Israeli Education System
09/24/08 TWILIGHT ZONE - Israeli Education Episode 2
10/02/08 Exiting the Twilight Zone!
10/05/08 TWILIGHT ZONE Reentry and Quick Exit
11/03/08 Immunizations and Touro Writing Course
11/19/08 Ulpan Fun Day
11/24/08 A Touching School Experience
11/27/08 Zman Maale - Ulpan Fun Day
01/07/09 An Aliyah Mother's Dream Comes True!
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| Holidays/Yomim Tovim IN ISRAEL! (and Photos)
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08/10/08 A Meaningful Tisha B'Av
09/29/08 K'Siva V'Chasima Tova - Rosh HaShanah Message
10/02/08 An Inspirational Rosh HaShanah 5769
10/15/08 Yom Kippur 5769
10/16/08 Sukkot 5769
10/27/08 Simchat Torah 5769 and Yisrael's Birthday
12/17/08 Chanukah Parties - Israeli Style
12/18/08 Happy Chanukah! Modern Day Miracle
12/20/08 Chanukah Treats for the Soul and Body
12/28/08 Maybe Judah Maccabee IS Alive After All!
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| Tiyulim/Trips to Interesting Places in Israel
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08/08/08 Tiyul: Dead Sea Adventure (and Photos)
09/03/08 Tiyul: Hezekiah’s Tunnel
09/25/08 Tiyul: Eretz Bereishit / Genesis Land (and Photos)
11/13/08 Tiyul: Caesarea National Park (and Photos)
11/13/08 Tiyul: Baron Edmond de Rothschild Park (and Photos)
11/13/08 Tiyul: Binyamina Winery
01/07/09 Tiyul: En Gedi
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| Nuts & Bolts - Technical Stuff
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08/27/08 Posts Missing Due to Technical Difficulties
08/28/08 Disaster Strikes! The Technical Side of Blogging
09/25/08 Crash! There Goes Another Hard Drive
10/16/08 What's Up with the Quality of Dell Laptops Lately?
11/27/08 Process Improvement - Our Expertise
12/09/08 The 'FUD' Factor Comes to Life
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| Politics - In My Humble Opinion (Reverse chronological order in this section is intentional.)
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01/20/09 Rabbi Nachman Kahana: A Letter to President Obama
01/19/09 Be An Informed Israeli Voter: Yisrael Beytenu
01/09/09 Arabs Admit the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DO NOT EXIST
01/02/09 Facts Dispel Lies
12/30/08 My Middle East War Update
12/30/08 Code Red - Tzeva Adom!
12/30/08 The Year in Terror
12/28/08 Maybe Judah Maccabee IS Alive After All!
12/23/08 Will You Join the Fight?
12/10/08 Do Me a Favor?
12/09/08 The 'FUD' Factor Comes to Life
12/02/08 Mumbai Chabad Terrorist Attack
11/13/08 History & Politics Repeat
11/05/08 The Morning After the Election
10/27/08 Obama Advisor Calls for a Military Invasion of Israel
10/27/08 Absentee Voting
10/17/08 No Secrets Here - Our Ballots Have Been Cast
08/16/08 Politics, Gas Pumps and IKEA
12/19/07 To President Bush - On Jerusalem and Sderot
11/28/07 To President Bush - No Compromise on Jerusalem
11/28/07 To President Peres - Jerusalem is NOT Negotiable
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| Tools & Maps
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08/13/08 Cool Map Tool!
08/13/08 Jacob Richman's Maps
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| Torah Commentary
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10/24/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Bereshiet 5769
10/31/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Noach 5769
11/06/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Lech Lecha 5769
11/13/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Vayayra 5769
11/20/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Chayay Sarah 5769
11/27/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Toldot 5769
12/04/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Va’yaytzay 5769
12/11/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Vayish'lach 5769
12/18/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Vayayshev 5769
12/25/08 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Mikeitz 5769
01/01/09 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Vayigash 5769
01/06/09 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Vayechee 5769 and Am Yisrael at War
01/16/09 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Shemot 5769, Israel at War
01/20/09 Rabbi Nachman Kahana on Parashat Va'ay'ra 5769 and A Letter to President Obama
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| We're in the News!
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07/11/08 Jerusalem Post: 15,000th Nefesh B'Nefesh olah says being in Israel is 'a dream come true'
07/11/08 Cleveland Jewish News: They can go home again!
10/27/08 Jerusalem Post: Aliya gets a step up
11/27/08 Zman Maale - Ulpan Fun Day
01/11/09 BBC - Israeli Voices: When to Stop
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| Visuals - Photo Gallery
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 USA Farewell Tour
JFK Airport July 9th 2008 - Departing the USA
Ben Gurion Airport July 10th 2008 - Arriving Home
Home in Israel
Scenes from Our First Trip to Israel - January 2008
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