10. You dress up to go to the Palmach supermarket on Friday morning
9. You've had several arguments in the last few weeks about whether it¹s
muttar
or assur to daven at "Shir Hadasha"
8. Those Nachlaot people are so WEIRD
7. Every Shabbat on the way home from Ohel Nechama, you wonder who the hell
ever goes into the Islamic Museum
6. You can wake up as late as you like cause you can always daven at the
shtibalach... and anyway, you're unemployed
5. You haven¹t decided whether you¹re in Israel to stay yet although you¹ve
been here for 10 years
4. You can suddenly see yourself age 75, living with your current roommates
in Beit Alicia, being annoyed on Shabbat morning by a bunch of singing anglo
olim
3. You found your apartment on flathunting and furnished it through Janglo
2. You go to Ohel Nechama Friday night and the Late Minyan Shabbat morning,
but daven at neither
1. You're really in Talbiah / German Colony, but what the hell, it's all
Katamon anyway
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From Simcha
you kvetch about how bad dating is here and reminisce about how great
dating was in the UWS even though that is why you left in the first
place
From boringactuary@aol.com
Finally finding the awesome pool, Ice cream at Cafit, three pizza stores, famous
Doron's felafel, and a Burger Ranch right down the block on Emek Refaim, and
lest I forget ....a Shabbos meal by the Belzberg's. Ah, those Ner Yaakov days
before it went to Geulah......
From :
Never, ever having to speak Hebrew in public.
Inviting Brits to a July 4, party.
Never keeping Thanksgiving in the States ( too assimilationist), but inviting
all your American friends for a traditional turkey dinner with all
the trimmings
Throwing a party every time your roomate goes on miluim. God, I miss
that place!
From Dina Brown,
Jerusalem:
Love your site!
