treppenwitz
blinding flashes of intellect...just a little too late.
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- The feel of spring
Because we are situated high in the Judean hills, midway between Hevron and Jerusalem, Spring comes to Gush Etzion somewhat later than to most of the country. People in Natanya and Rehovot have been walking around in tank-tops and shorts... - A shanda fur die goyim
For those who aren't familiar with Yiddish, the title of this post is an expression that literally means 'a shame before the nations'... but which is used colloquially to describe any embarrassing or compromising behavior performed by a Jew where... - 'Forking'
So I suppose you've been wondering what's up with the lack of posts and the spotty responses to comments. Here's the deal: Our first two offspring would frequently climb into bed with us (meaning with me) in the middle of... - Thoughts from the plane
I'm back in Israel, having landed at about 7:00 AM this morning. Here are a few things that occurred to me about traveling with Israelis on El Al: Stuff I hate about traveling with Israelis: 1, Too loud. They all... - How did they not see this coming?
In a news story yesterday, it was revealed that Hamas has banned (meaning confiscated and burned) all copies of a collection of Palestinian Folk tales because one or two of them allegedly contained what are described as 'sexual overtones'. Now,... - Photo, um, Monday
Trust me when I tell you that hitting the delete key was the most merciful thing I could have done to today's post. The lack of sleep and multiple time zones have given me a serious case of the dumb...... - No, Zahava didn't toss me out of the house
Given the snarky comments on the last post, and a few days of no new content here at treppenwitz, I didn't want anyone to get the idea that I'd been tossed out of the house. Yes, I happen to be... - Conflicted
Our house is what is known in Israeli parlance as a 'cottage'. In the US it would probably be called a 'townhouse', meaning it is one of several attached multi-story, single family homes that sit beside one another facing the... - Fuzzy moral accounting
Back when I was attending University in Manhattan, a friend of mine got mugged on his way back, late at night, from a concert at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. An impromptu splurge on a couple of CD's after the concert... - Hitting too close to home
The title of today's post is an expression that presumably* has its origins in some conflicted region where projectiles became worrisome to the residents only as they began to 'hit too close to home'. The unspoken assumption is that so... - France Capitulates!
Zis title is evoking zeh feelings of, how you say... deja vu, non? In a move that caught everyone completely by surprise [~snort~], French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy has pledged to recognise the new PA unity government before it is... - One step at a time
Diet Exercise Those are the two ugly words that get tossed at me by my lovely wife (she of the regular Pilates and yoga work-outs) whenever I express dissatisfaction with my, er, 'shape'. It's not that I've been living under... - I suppose the next step is pictures on milk cartons
While Israel certainly has it's share of 'real world' problems and has unwisely (IMHO) run headlong after some of the worst fashions and trends in western culture, there has always been the sense of innocence... and a blind faith that... - A breach of trust
When 40% of a country's citizens respond in the negative to the simple polling question: Do you trust the national police?, you have a problem on your hands! One can argue that 'trust' is an extremely broad and subjective term... - Wisdom from unlikely sources
One of the difficult aspects of making aliyah is the inevitable process of parting from friends and family. Of course phones, video-chatting and the elusive promise of discount air-fares help take some of the sting out of this leave-taking... but...
