Over one year ago, I wrote a post titled Receiving a US-based Salary in Israel the Right Way, in which I detailed the ways in which I was addressing my tax situation as a US citizen living in Israel, working on contracts for US-based companies. Since then, my situation has changed. I am no longer [...]

So Adina was having contractions for most of Thursday night (a week and a half ago) and she woke me up at 5am on Friday morning – “I think you had better daven soon…”. A neighbor came over to help Moshe get ready for his day and take him to Maon and we left the [...]

Here is what this post is not about:

How do I get an American company to pay me a salary or hire me as a contractor while I am living in Israel?
How do I get anyone to pay me a US-level salary while I am living in Israel?

You are on your own to answer those (my [...]

Now for a positive experience:
Scenario: We are eating the Shabbat day meal. There is a 2 year old girl, Rachel, who is walking around and causing trouble. She is a sweet little girl, not talking much yet, but very intelligent. She understands exactly what her parents tell her. She walks up to the table, picks [...]

Just wanted to write a short post about MB’s new outfits….Whenever he wears socks, they get kicked off. Often within minutes. On two separate occasions (one in Brookline and one recently here), on a Friday night walk back home from someone’s meal, we look down at our sweet little guy, all bundled up in the cold [...]

Chayyei Sarah talks about how speaking English helped her with her klitah after she made aliyah.
Personally, my hebrew is good enough to get me around, order shawarma, and speak with most Israelis (except for the ones that talk really really fast). We are in the middle of the process of renting an apartment from [...]

From the Nefesh B’Nefesh Yahoo Group:

Hi all from sunny Israel,
I just wanted to share one thing for all those people yet to come. Someone, on one of these boards (thank you SO much, by the way), told us something that has made SUCH a difference. They told us to always consider your first [...]

In a comment to this post about our visit to Neve Daniel, Shoshana asked the following:
I’d like to know what hit you the ‘wrong’ way (about Neve Daniel). We are also looking for a community we would like to live in. We have already visited kochav yakov and I’d like to know what you think [...]

(See here for the first post in this series. Hopefully this will be the last).
If your friend (or relative) is fast approaching their due-date, and could go into labor at any second (b’shaa tovah, of course) do not call them with the sole purpose of asking them if they have gone into labor yet or [...]

A common piece of advice that we kept on hearing from Americans that have been in Israel for a number of years (here is the gist of it, heard from a few different people): it is very important to speak English at home to the children. Not only that – one must take care to [...]