Monday, February 24, 2014

New Blog Address

Hi,

After 3 yrs on this blogging site, I decided to get my blog a "place of its own"... I recently moved my "Back-to-Israel" blog to a new hosting location: http://back-to-israel.com

If you subscribed to email updates on this blog, and you wish to continue receiving them, please make sure you subscribe (again) at the new location. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I hope to see you all at the new site...

Baruch

Expat in Tel Aviv

Friday, February 21, 2014

Israeli-Palestinian “Peace in our Lifetime”?

I just concluded watching an in-depth interview conducted by Ilana Dayan, one of Israel’s top TV journalists. Mrs. Dayan is our local version of Barbara Walters, and her show - “Evidence” (עובדה) focuses on strategic issues and the people behind them. The main interviewee this time was John Kerry – United States Secretary of State. The subject was the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. It was a riveting show, and the subject certainly significant to anyone living in this region.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Celebrating 2014 with Celebrities

I have celebrated more than a few New Year Eves. Some involved a noisy dance party. Others were simply a get-together with friends and a glass of champagne.  At times we chose to stay home, cuddled in front of the TV, and waited for the “ball drop” in Times Square. And oh, there were times we couldn't quite stay awake, and fell asleep before midnight.  Anyway, the 2014 New Year Eve was quite different…