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I’ve been having quite some trouble getting into our apartment lately, all due to a strikingly peculiar feline that seems to have become, over the past few months, a permanent resident of our building. About two months or so ago, … Continue reading →

On the eve of my second birthday in Israel, I’ve realized that tomorrow will be my first birthday ever that will occur on either a school or work day (last year, my birthday fell on Shabbat). Around me in Jerusalem, … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone who tuned in for the first episode.  In response to requests for more posts, I present you with episode two of “The New Olah.”  I do not anticipate blogging an episode detailing the events from every … Continue reading →

Look to the post that precedes this one. for an introduction to this blog’s newest guest character, Becky Haendel, who will be guest-writing on occasion about her own current Israel immigration experience. While not the “secular” Jew that I describe … Continue reading →

Although I regular sent email updates when traveling the past few years, this is my first official blog post (thanks Sharon for setting me up to be a guest blogger!).  It’s kind of hard to know where to begin to … Continue reading →

Now that I’m through, and actually had a very positive encounter during my final (for now) visit to the Misrad Harishui (Licensing Office) – here’s a complete guide on converting your American/foreign driver’s license to an Israeli one, with some … Continue reading →

My personal website, sharonudasin.com, is now updated with nearly every article I’ve ever written, including most of the hundreds I’ve completed thus far in my job as The Jerusalem Post environment/energy/innovation/Negev reporter… all the way back to those on the … Continue reading →

The smell of autumn has begun to seep into the Jerusalem air – and with my nose still automatically clings to pumpkin fields and jack-o-lantern carving, fall soccer tournaments with unripened orange wedges at halftime and, years later, the seemingly … Continue reading →

And I thought that meeting a gun-toting,  88-year-old working journalist and Kindertransport survivor amid massive amounts of cow feces was fascinating last week. Yesterday topped even that. After a day spent covering the Beduin protests against government relocation in Beersheba … Continue reading →

Much to my readership’s chagrin (hi Dad!), I have once again been absent from the face of this blog for all too long. And while I’m currently also drafting a post about my two-and-a-half week August trip to the US, … Continue reading →