Israeli Mom

A Movie and a Meal

IsraeliMom — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:47:27 +0000

Went out on the weekend and came back with a movie review and some good words on a local chain of restaurants. The movie is local too, so if you don’t live in Israel or not visiting, this post may be irrelevant to you. The movie was Land of Genesis – a unique one-of-a-kind production [...]

Jerusalem Trip Report

IsraeliMom — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:35:00 +0000

Working on next summer’s big road trip (only nine months to go!!), I have become addicted to trip reports. I read trip reports on blogs and forums, in both English and Hebrew, about places we’re about to visit. They’re not just informative, but they also give a unique personal angle on things. Every visit and [...]

A Fun Day at the Mall

IsraeliMom — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:37:45 +0000

Lazy days of summer. It’s been so hot outside, I did all I could to stay at home with the kids, except for the unavoidable beach and pool outings. Anything else needs to have a very cold micro-climate (aka air conditioning). There are some very good malls in Israel and they all have fantastic air [...]

Summertime in Israel

IsraeliMom — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:45:05 +0000

We’re halfway through the two hottest months of the year here. If in doubt, one just sticks one’s nose outside the air-conditioned room into the boiling soup outside. Where I live, along the coastal plain, we have the winning combo of humidity and heat. High temperatures here today are supposed to reach 31 Celsius (that’s [...]

One hundred Days in the West

IsraeliMom — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:34:29 +0000

I think I finally nailed down our plan for next year’s big trip to the Western US and Canada. Whew, is all I can say. I just hope the actual journey isn’t as tiring as the planning! So, this is what I have so far – a big loop taking in the coast and the [...]

The Bears and the Bees

IsraeliMom — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:01:57 +0000

A Mommy post today – no politics. We’re sitting together at a restaurant and my eldest son comes up with this question: “How do polar bears give birth?” Well, polar bears, right? So I start explaining about caves in the snow and hibernation, and about the tiny cubs being born in the secure dark cave [...]

Stop the Hatred – It’s Killing Us

IsraeliMom — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:44:17 +0000

Once again, I see the same dynamics in action. An Israeli posting something negative, but true, about Israel. It could be criticism of the government’s policies in the West Bank, about soldiers mistreating Palestinians at checkpoints, or about some cab driver making a racist comment against Arabs. Things that happens in Israel, unfortunately on a [...]

Our Democratic School

IsraeliMom — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:10:03 +0000

The school year ended yesterday here in Israel. Today I took the boys to “Kaytana” which I think can be translated as “day camp”? I think this is a good opportunity to finally post about the school my kids go to – the democratic school. I have been meaning to do this for a while, [...]

Our Trip Plans – US West Coast 2011

IsraeliMom — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:03:43 +0000

First, a quick shout-out for two new hubs I created after writing my last post here about Israeli food. The first one is about the Story of Israeli Couscous and the second one is about what Hummus really should be, aka My Israeli Hummus Recipe. If you have a minute, please visit my hubs and [...]

About Israeli Food

IsraeliMom — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:45:04 +0000

In a sense, even though the Jewish nation is thousands of years old, the Israeli nation is just about a century old (or, depending how you count, only sixty-two years old). Part of the Israeli journey towards a coherent cultural identity is culinary. The very question of “what is Israeli food?” is often the focus [...]