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Hi again! | Hi again! | ||
| + | Another wonderful week in the Holy Land! It rained several times (even in our desert of a home-town). I had a lot of success at work. Sarah is recovered from her head-trauma. The weather is fantastic right now, and in a short while ''shabbat'' will be here. What more can one ask for? | ||
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| + | First things first: congratulations to those friends and acquaintances of ours who are making [[aliyah]] in the near term -- you know who you are! Here are a few points of advice for you as you plan your homecoming: | ||
| + | * Try to improve your Hebrew to the point where you can ask for and understand directions, ''before'' you get here. The better your Hebrew is, the easier you will find adapting. | ||
| + | * Don't try to compare everything to "the way it was back home". That's a pointless exercise, as Israel is a completely different country, in a different part of the world. | ||
| + | * Talk to people. On the bus, at the store, anywhere. You never know who will have a job that's just perfect for you. Or at the least, be able to get you a 'starter' job so you've got an Israeli salary. | ||
| + | * Do make the effort to live within an Israeli salary. Otherwise, unless you have a lot of money to waste, you will find yourself in trouble sooner or later. | ||
| + | * Don't worry about getting a job before you're on the ground here. It is highly unlikely anyone will hire you unless they know you are here first. There are exceptions, but they ''are'' exceptions. | ||
| + | * [https://www.paypal.com/il Paypal] now lets you access Israeli bank accounts. However, you cannot upgrade or add on to your US account and access an Israeli bank. But Israeli accounts ''can'' access US bank accounts. Let's say you want to [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9822630 pay me for my precious advice] … it's easy! | ||
| + | * Don't worry about bringing all sorts of computer equipment. The prices here are about 20% higher than in the US, but if you buy here you won't have to worry about using transformers, and you will have local service. That can be worth much more than the 20% premium. | ||
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| + | * Advice to new olim | ||
* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027287540&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Guess he *did* inhale after all...] | * [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027287540&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Guess he *did* inhale after all...] | ||
* how America is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHM0Av5-EKc&feature=player_embedded perceived] | * how America is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHM0Av5-EKc&feature=player_embedded perceived] | ||
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* The bizarre case of [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258624598309&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull the bungling Bamba burglar] | * The bizarre case of [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258624598309&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull the bungling Bamba burglar] | ||
:* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba_%28snack%29 Bamba] | :* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamba_%28snack%29 Bamba] | ||
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| + | * Red lentil soup | ||
| + | * Kumquat-pepper relish | ||
Until next week,<br> | Until next week,<br> | ||
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Nov 20th (See this week's devar torah)
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Hi again!
Another wonderful week in the Holy Land! It rained several times (even in our desert of a home-town). I had a lot of success at work. Sarah is recovered from her head-trauma. The weather is fantastic right now, and in a short while shabbat will be here. What more can one ask for?
First things first: congratulations to those friends and acquaintances of ours who are making aliyah in the near term -- you know who you are! Here are a few points of advice for you as you plan your homecoming:
- Try to improve your Hebrew to the point where you can ask for and understand directions, before you get here. The better your Hebrew is, the easier you will find adapting.
- Don't try to compare everything to "the way it was back home". That's a pointless exercise, as Israel is a completely different country, in a different part of the world.
- Talk to people. On the bus, at the store, anywhere. You never know who will have a job that's just perfect for you. Or at the least, be able to get you a 'starter' job so you've got an Israeli salary.
- Do make the effort to live within an Israeli salary. Otherwise, unless you have a lot of money to waste, you will find yourself in trouble sooner or later.
- Don't worry about getting a job before you're on the ground here. It is highly unlikely anyone will hire you unless they know you are here first. There are exceptions, but they are exceptions.
- Paypal now lets you access Israeli bank accounts. However, you cannot upgrade or add on to your US account and access an Israeli bank. But Israeli accounts can access US bank accounts. Let's say you want to pay me for my precious advice … it's easy!
- Don't worry about bringing all sorts of computer equipment. The prices here are about 20% higher than in the US, but if you buy here you won't have to worry about using transformers, and you will have local service. That can be worth much more than the 20% premium.
- Advice to new olim
- Guess he *did* inhale after all...
- how America is perceived
- Israeli medical breakthrough to repair broken bones
- Intel and shabbes, shabbes
- The bizarre case of the bungling Bamba burglar
- Red lentil soup
- Kumquat-pepper relish
Until next week,
Shabbat shalom!
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