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Cover via Amazon On the eve of a flight to Israel with war (basically) raging between Hamas and Israel, I finished watching the screen adapt...

Maybe it is because I am working harder than I ever have. And I am more tired than ever before (yes, some self-inflicted). But, I am sta...

Readers of the Bible know that there are very often references to different flora and fauna as part of the narrative.  One of the excu...

About halfway through our trek at the Jerusalem Zoo, I realized that the most interesting animals were not the ones behind bars, but the...

Image via Wikipedia It's one of our unalienable rights (for Americans, at least)..."the pursuit of Happiness." Thanks to Ha...

Tel Aviv is Israel 's economic and cultural capital. It is also the largest city, so not surprisingly, it is within striking distance o...

You will recall my frustration with Panasonic over my non-functional TV While waiting for prices to drop and my personal assessment of the...

is that your friends start finding you boring in social situations. I was at dinner with Gadi, Jdub, and Yoni (among others) and the topic...

One of the challenges for each of us as we adapt to new technologies is understanding how to use them most efficiently. Just because it i...

Image via Wikipedia While flying to Israel, I managed to consume 6 different movies thanks to Delta’s great in-seat entertainment sys...

My love of technology is well documented. I do my best to take advantage of it and make things work as well as possible. Still, when my ...

This past trip to Israel was my first international foray since my thyroid cancer experience . That meant, it was the first time I travele...

Prior to flying to Israel , I called Delta to request a bassinet for Gianni (our 10 month old). I was told, “Ok, your request is i...

Image via Wikipedia Here’s the situation. Would like your input on what I should do. Four years ago, I purchased a 32 inch Panason...

There are some women who would think that they would appear “desperate” if a friend used his blog to advertise her interest in meeting a pot...

How many times a day, as an adult, do you do something "For the first time?" As we age, I suspect, there are fewer and fewer of ...

One of the things I enjoy most about FOJ (Friends of Jer) meet-ups is seeing people from various slices of my personal history come together...

A parent's most dreaded question when traveling with kids. There's no easy way to answer this (unless, of course you are actually ...

Warning: political opinion expressed here.  

Just got back from Israel, so today am sharing this great picture sent in by blog reader Yoni