Banks in Israel are pretty annoying. And that is if you are lucky. Coming from the US (where I used to enjoy such luxuries as being able to deposit my money into an interest free checking account where the bank can use it to earn money for itself, and not be charged for the privilege), [...]

Check out this article in the Jerusalem Post on proposed tax-cuts that would be put in place over the next 7 years. To sum it up:

Monthly Salary (NIS)
2008 tax rate
2015 tax rate
Current US Rate

0-4,390
10%
10%
10-15%

4,390-7,810
16%
10%
15%

7,810-11,720
26%
17%
15-25%

11,720-16,840
33%
25%
25%

16,840-36,760
35%
30%
25-28%

36,760+
48%
42%
28-35%

Yay! While this will still leave Israel tax rates higher than US rates, it makes up most of the difference, and in [...]

A few minutes ago I saw in my stats (yeah, I can be a little bit obsessive about those sometimes) that someone tried to use the contact form to send me an email (around 8pm, Israel time). After not receiving any email, I checked my blog setup and discovered that the contact form was not [...]

So far, I have been outed (ie: identified by someone who I know in real life as being connected with this blog) by new friends and neighbors at a pretty fast pace. Each Shabbat (which is the only time when you have any real interactions with people beyond those who live on your street and [...]

Check out this 6 minute short-movie of the Pesach story.

Last night, Adina made a frosted chocolate cake to bring to work, in honor of one of her coworker’s birthday (who wouldn’t want some cake for their birthday?). I forgot to remind her to take it this morning, and when I spoke with her, asked her if she had remembered. She had, and I said [...]

To the person who searched Google for “can one take a job knowing that he wont be able to daven” and ended up at my recent Rules of Chazzanut post - why are you going to Google for this? If you know that this might be a halachic issue (it most certainly is), and you [...]

I remember motzei Shemini Atzeret last year - out first inclination was to wait to put away the schach from the sukkah until some later point. The reasoning behind this was mainly that we were too lazy to put it away right away. In the end though, we put it away that night, with the [...]

(This list was compiled by a someone I know who has been very involved with Shidduch dating in Israel over the past few years, based on her experiences, both good and bad, during this time. She asked me if I knew any way to publicize it, so naturally, I am posting it here. If any [...]