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My top 10 things about being Jewish: #1!
Quite a long time ago, at least in blog years, I started a countdown of my favourite things about being Jewish. I never finished because I couldn’t think of the top two. I wanted them to be things that...
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Israel, for better and for worse
Today, Monday, is the first day of the rest of my life, even though I arrived here three days ago. Friday was the eve of Rosh Hashana – the Jewish new year – and so I got a grace period during which I...
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Am I Jewish if I don't believe in God? What does it mean to believe?
I co-wrote an article with Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu of the Kollel in Vancouver. It’s part of an “Ask the Rabbi” column in the Jewish Independent in B.C. Canada. I heard it’s considered “brilliant” so I...
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The Katamon “bitza” or the singles scene, an introduction
Today I was invited to go to a friend’s friend for Shabbat lunch. My friend is visiting from the U.S. and that was her way of seeing me while she’s here for a few days. That worked perfectly for me...
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The most important moment of the week
I heard a talk a while ago around the idea that Judaism is a religion where time is the most important thing. Now someone just told me he heard a talk where the rabbi said that the most important...
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Oh yeah? Well, what IS your type?
It’s funny how some people when we first meet them, we have this gut feeling that they’re just not our type. Especially when looking for a life partner, when you meet someone, you have a first instinct...
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Am I living Srugim?
Or is Srugim living my life? Srugim is a TV show about the life I have just re-entered; the single’s life in Katamon, Jerusalem. I’ve watched TV shows about New Yorkers, LAers, even Canadians but I’ve...
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An "only in Israel" story
There is a very cute website which publishes amazing stories that happen in Israel. It’s called, “Only in Israel” and that is a perfect name because people love to say that. When you tell a crazy story...
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The Middle East and North African refugees
Who do you think of when refugees connected to the Middle Eastern “conflict” are mentioned? The approximately 800,000 Jewish ones from North Africa and the Middle East, of course. Right? Well, no. The...
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Man in Golders Green tries to figure out who his parents are.
David Stevenson is now 49 and trying to piece together the very little he knows about where he was abandoned by his mother at four-days old, and why. A fascinating story.Filed under: I love smart...
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