This morning, sometime around 5:45am
Moshe: Abba, I am hungry.
Me: Moshe, what do you want to eat? Do you want some corn flakes?
Moshe: No, I don’t want flow-clakes (yes, that is how he says it, it is very cute)
Me: Maybe some cheerios?
Moshe: No, I don’t want cheerios
Me: How about some fruit?
Moshe: No, I don’t want fruit.
Me: [...]

Shiur Times has posted an interesting article entitled Dreams vs. Reality: How do we view Aliyah?:
Where the balance lies between optimism and pragmatism in the aliyah process is arguable. While Anglo immigrants come to Israel full of hopes and dreams, many people come under-prepared, and some even become disillusioned. However, with constantly improving online communications [...]

Yes, the new season is about to begin.
No, silly, I am not talking about the NFL. Nope, in Israel there is a different type of Fall tradition (timed to coincide with the reopening of schools and count down to the chagim):
I am talking about the official opening of strike season. Unions May Shut Down Country [...]

I was driving into Yerushalayim yesterday and passed something that I have seen not seen before on an Israeli road (and as it is not uncommon to see Trailer trucks carrying Merkava IV tanks around the country, that is saying something). Here is what I saw:

I haven’t seen one of these before, but I am [...]