Israel, Three Months Later.

I've been in Israel for three months, and since I've gotten here, I've experienced so much. At the same time so little. The most emotional part of being here is watching Jews fighting Jews. It's really hard to watch how things could be so good, but people are so stuck in their ways and it just ruins things so badly.
What happened in Beit Hashalom was REALLY BAD. But I don't even know the worst of it because when people in Beit Hashalom were getting kicked (literally) out, I was all the way in Tel Aviv. I remember as I was getting off the train watching the scene on a TV screen hanging from the ceiling. I felt like crying. And there was nothing I could do, besides pray. So I did. But that didn't feel like enough for me. And I felt awful about the whole thing. There's something so wrong with this country. Jews don't expel Jews! Everything always seems to trace back to politics. I wish it weren't so bad, but it's not like Israeli politicians are know for being honest and trustworthy.
With such a sad situation in Israel, Shmuel Sokol took it upon himself to create a positive change. Jews are too passive to Arab violence, and he wants to put his foot down with many other like-minded people in Israel. He has a facebook group up, and a website. He is also working on collecting pictures of violent police officers from Beit Hashalom for purposes of lawsuits against their unnecessary violence. These officers broke the law and didn't wear name tags during the expulsion. This is probably to keep themselves safe of lawsuits. There's also a facebook group for pictures, and a website.

Recently the JIDF found that they were being threatened by Hezbollah on their official website. Shmuel Sokol took a look at it and found out a very interesting piece of news. Hezbollah was advertising free Hezbollah web mail accounts. The JIDF explained that Hezbollah web mail is supported by hotmail. As Shmuel puts it so nicely: "Thank you Microsoft, for providing technical support for Hezbullah's webmail." To read more click here.

Hamshushalaim has started! Anyone it Israel should definitely check it out. I remember last time I was in Israel for it, I had so much fun.

Violence in Hebron

There's a lot of action in Hebron these days, and I don't think most of it has been good. When I've been there things weren't too bad, but there was a teenage boy taken to the hospital with a broken skull. An Arab threw a rock at him that hit his head. I even saw a video of him bleeding from his head on Jpost.com. There's been tention between police, soldiers, Arabs and people supporting Beit Hashalom.

More recently, the road to Beit Hashalom was being blocked off, stopping more people from getting to Beit Hashalom. I spoke to someone inside that said he got through anyway, and the security isn't so tight. People are thinking that they are going to try to do the exulsion soon because of the current road block, but it's been going on for hours and I'm starting to think that it might happening just because of the rioting that's been going on for a while now.

I slept in Beit HaShalom two nights ago, and when I left om the morning I had a feeling of nervousness, not knowing when they were going to try to kick everyone out of the building. The Supreme Court did not say that the Jews in Beit HaShalom had to leave, only that it was in the hands of the police to evict them, if they so choose. This whole story seems to have turned personal. It's now a battle between the right and the left. It's like they don't want people to think that the right wing "extremists" can boss them around and do whatever they want. A fight between authority and disobedience (only for these "extremists," Arabs still being treated better as they seek more ways to cause harm).

I want to think that the government actually cares about what is right and what is wrong, but that would be wishful thinking. At this point, Israel has too many anti-Jewish government officials and I think it's a miracle that the State of Israel has lasted to long. Every second news report is about giving "back" land to Arabs, or freeing more terrorists that want to kill everyone.

I encourage people to go to Beit Hashalom to show support, and at the same time, show some respect to soldiers who put their life on the line to protect us. So in short, don't throw rocks. :)

Jews are Treated Worse in Israel!

It's a Jewish Homeland, right? Yeah, that's what I was told, too. I've been around the world enough to recognize the antisemitism that is present in my own country. America is all about being fair and making things equal for everyone. It's all about being "politically correct" over there. Other places are not as kind. But it's not like I expect kindness from the world as a Jew. I have seen and heard enough to know that as calm as things seem on the surface, antisemitism still has a strong presence in out precious world. Hard for me to believe people are so ridiculous as to hate a group of people for no good reason, but a tough reality is no reason to deny reality, if that is what one is looking for.

In Israel a Jewish voice seems weaker to me than an Arab voice. Arabs in Israel are considered a minority and as a minority, they have been given special treatment. How kind of Israel to worry about making everyone feel welcome and comfortable. Everyone always feels bad for the poor Palestinians even when they attack innocent Israeli civilians. Perhaps Israelis don't count as innocent civilians? How does one explain a government allowing its civilians to be attacked for years and not do everything in it's power to protect its people? It seems that the Israeli government is busy worrying about the politics it would cause by properly defending its people that it isn't able to command its capable army to do its job. But that's just one example of the government's injustice toward Sderot. There are many more I could write about.

Another issue bothering me is the whole fight in Israel between the Right and the Left. Personally I am ver Right Wing and think that if the Left don't appreciate Israel enough and just want to give it all to Arabs, then they should just go live somewhere else because it's not just their home and they should really be more considerate. The messages they give Arabs and the world hurt all of the Jews. So while they want to be so considerate and open minded, they seemed to have forgotten about their own brothers. Judah and Samaria are beautiful areas of land in the middle of our country. Thinking logically, if we were to leave those areas alone and let Arabs have it to themselves, wouldn't we have another Gaza situation? Wouldn't the world look down upon us defending ourselves from Arabs in Judah and Samaria if there were a similar situation to the present one in Gaza? The thing that I think bothers me most is how it seems that Arabs have a right to live in Judah and Samaria but I, as a Jew, do not. What happened to my rights? Why do Arabs have more of a right than me? In America this would mean that someone somewhere is suing someone for being racist. Why hasn't the UN or a human rights organization said anything? We are silent. Most of us are silent. But not enough of us are coming together to stand up to this disgusting injustice. In Israel, murderous Arab terrorists are released from prison by the hundrreds, encouraging Arab violence, further endangering Israeli lives, and showing the world how stupid a government can become from American pressures. Terrorists get treated very well in jail. Jewish prisoners can't expect similar treatment. The sad thought in my head, is that no one complains about bad things happening to Jews because it's exactly what they want. This time it's not the non Jews that are hurting us all. It's ourselves. I wish the Left would stop fighting for the Arabs and join our team since they're stuck on the same boat anyway. Arabs have enough support for their terrorism, why should Jews be encouraging it.

From now on Jews should all be standing up to protest the government kicking Jews out of their homes in Judah and Samaria. We need to be united, and it seems like it's the thing that would help pull the country together in a more unified way.

Drinks

Last night I went out to a bar across from Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem with a friend of mine and his friend. I'm not usually much for bars, but having a drink with friends is nice once in a while. Since I was already there, I decided that at least I was going to get something that I wouldn't usually have the chance to try. Looking at the menu with my friend, finally I was going to try "sex on the beach." What a name, right? Well funnier was when my guy friend asked the waiter... "I can't believe I'm actually asking you this, but can I have "sex on the beach" please?" That was so worth it all! After when the waiter saw that the drink was for me, he said that a girl was trying to order a drink and she just pointed to the menu telling him that that was what she wanted. The drink she was pointing to was called "orgasm" and no wonder she didn't want to ask the waiter for it! There were a lot of good laughs there.

Personal Experience in Beit Hashalom

Last Wednesday and Thursday night I slept at Beit HaShalom in Chevron. Wednesday was the night that there was an assembly in Kiryat Arba to discuss the situation with Beit HaShalom. After the assembly many people went to visit Beit HaShalom and a lot also stayed the night. That night was not so eventful I don't think. The biggest thing that I heard about was a group of people getting shot at from Arabs when they were walking a certain direction from Beit HaShalom. A friend was actually in that crowd and said it was really scary. Across from Beit HaShalom is an Arab cemetery. I would think that it would creep me out, but it actually didn't even look like a cemetery. The place was not kept nicely and didn't seem like a place people were actually buried in. Sort of like it was still in the process of being built or something. I walked around a bit and talked until I decided that I had to go to bed as it was very late and I was waking up early to tremp back to Tzur Hadassah for work. Women were sleeping on a seperate side of the building on a floor that had four families living there I believe. Women had a room for themselves. When I got to the room to go to sleep there was very little space left on the cement floor. Girls were all over the floor already asleep. I was lucky and had put my stuff on a bed that had no mattress to it when I first got to Beit HaShalom. Even though I didn't sleep well and was cold, I was still very thankful to have been spared from the the cold cement.

Thursday night when I slept in Beit HaShalom was a very different experience. Many teenagers where there that night, and all very active. There was a point to their actions. I went to bed a bit before 1:00 am only to have girls come into the room waking everyone up. We were supposed to go on a "siyur." I guess the English translation would be "a tour" or something with a similar idea. we were planned to go out at 1:30 when the boys were scheduled to come back from their "siyur."

Our strength was in our number so we stuck together. I can't say that I agree with everything that went on there, but I stuck with the girls because that is just what you do. Statements were made on that outing. We walked from Beit HaShalom to Ma'arat Hamachpelah and from there it was more spontaneous. A police vehicle was following us most of the time. A few times we took a sudden turn into a street that cars couldn't enter, but when we came out again, the police were back, too. I've always known Arab areas that I could enter to be dirty and shameful. There was a small area that we went through that was similar to the Old City in Jerusalem that has streets that are only meant for people to walk through. As we were going through this area, with no police at our backs, we left our statement that we are strong. It was chutzpah, and I don't think I agree with all of it, but it was strong, and it only showed more strength to the Jews living in Chevron. I feel that is very important because the government is constantly encouraging the Arab violence. No, I am not saying that it's all justifiable, but that there was a point. At one point on our way back a cop grabbed a guy and then a big mess started. Guys were trying to get him back and the girls were causing trouble from a distance where other police cars were. Three tires were punctured, police got some stones thrown at them from someone really dumb on the roof of Beit HaShalom. And once someone threw a stone at soldiers standing near their jeep. That really didn't go over well with me. I think someone very immature and short-sighted has not realized that he needs to give our soldiers respect. They put their life at risk for us and work hard all the time. When there is trouble and we need help, we run straight to them. I think that some youngsters get caught up in all the wrong that's going on to realize that it isn't all bad. Some is bad, some is good, and some just is. Eventually the rebbetzin from Beit HaShalom came out to calm things down. The boys made an agreement with the police that they release the two boys that they had taken and everyone goes back inside. That's how it all ended. For a little while there were some Arabs on the roof of a building nearby throwing rocks at us, and we were throwing rocks back. I thought it was pretty stupid because of the distance, but each side I think was able to reach the other somewhat. Soldiers came to protect us, G-d bless their souls. Another Arab nearby was videotaping us from his roof, and he got some rocks thrown at him. It was a bit crazy seeing the enthusiasm that these Arabs had at throwing rocks at us. There were pretty serious about it. The hate is such a shocker even though my brain knows it to be true.

Anyway, JPost wrote a negative article on the whole thing and I do think they have a point, but trying to understand both sides before coming to a definite conclusion about the whole thing is the best way to stay objective and find truth.

Beit HaShalom

The Peace House, Beit HaShalom in Hebrew, is my current focus and priority (after my other obligations of course). The Israeli government has decided to force the residents of Beit HaShalom out of their house and charge them a fine of 15 000 shekel to be paid to the Arab that they had legally bought the building from. I'm not sure how the whole issue started, but from what I know, the Arab that sold the building isn't being straight up with his story on the sale, and has given at least three different accounts to what happened. Apparently he says he changed his mind about the sale or something. Anyway, it sounds ridiculous and I'm sure it is. Now the Supreme court told the 20 or so families of Beit HaShalom that they need to leave and pay a fine of 15 000 shekel to the Arab who owned the building. Despite the fact that the residents gave the Supreme Court video and audio recordings of the purchase, which was very clear and in detail. The Supreme Court said they hadn't come to a decision yet but in the meantime the residents in Beit HaShalom must leave. Does this not seem a bit racist to you? I think it's a bit silly how the rest of the world is accusing Israel of being cruel to the "poor" Palestinians. If only they knew the truth of the filth that goes on here. It's sad and disgusting all at the same time.

Well I'm really tired and falling asleep as I type, so I'm going to try to go to bed now and write more a different time. shabbat shalom!

Sderot Event

Tonight I actually made it all the way to Sderot for an event I was invited to on facebook. Originally I wasn't going to have Thurs. afternoon off but miraculously I got what I wished for. It worked out more than great for me because I went out on a date while getting to go to this event in Sderot, and I brought someone along, which is even better for Sderot! So it worked out really well, baruch Hashem.

The event I went to spread the story of Sderot through a writing contest. The children and adults of Sderot were asked to write poems and songs about what life is like for the in Sderot with all the qassam attacks. There were some very deep and moving things to be heard. I hope the reast of the stories get published.

I hadn't been in Sderot since I was in Israel last, which was over a year ago. That place will always have a very special tender place in my heart. I used to go there a lot while I was in school at Neve in Jerusalem. I was volunteering through and organization called "Lev Echad" ("One Heart") that was trying to lift the spirits of the residents and improve their lives. We went to help people with their specific needs and tried to give them support during a very difficult time. Sderot at the time was turning into a ghost town as more people were leaving the city to relax from the constant stress of qassams. A lot of people couldn't leave their city because of various reasons and were staying home all day and were in need of assistance. A majorly uplifting part of our presence in Sderot was when we would all go on a parade singing, dancing, waiving Israeli flags high in the air and banging on drums as we marched the streets. People would come our of their houses to see and we would cheer them on as they clapped, waived, and cheered us on. Looking up, I would see windows opening and people clapping and waiving from their apartment windows high in the air. It was an incredibly uplifting experience. For some, it was a rare occurence to see so many out on the streets, and very often they were very happy to talk to us as we went by and hugged them and encouraged them. Sometimes people would join our parade for part of the way when we passed through their street. It's something very special about Sderot, how people are all so different there but still everyone is together. I wish it on the rest of Israel. In the State of Israel and abroad.

It was a bit strange tonight to see Sderot after so long. Knowing it has suffered so much while I was gone, I also noticed the changes that have been added. When I was last in Sderot there were no fortified bus stops or little buildings to run to on the street the way they have them now. I only remember there being one. Now the city even has a fortified caterpillar in the playground for the kids. It shouldn't have to be this way. It shouldn't have to come to this. The government has a responsibility to its citizens and should be protecting the people of Sderot from Hamas's attacks. Why and how is it that a government is allowed to continue running while it lets its citizens be attacked for eight years and doesn't even compensate them properly when their house is damaged from a qassam. The situation there is extreme and sad, but I know that G-d has his plan. The people of Sderot are strong.

It took me a long time to readjust to not jumping at every boom that I hear. After being in Sderot for a while, and hearing and feeling qassams, everytime there was a boom my brain jumped and sreamed "qassam!" And that's not even from living there for a month straight. The situation there is extreme, the stress and trauma there are all over the city, and yet it seems to have been accepted because the media seems to have forgotten about the poor city, and the government doesn't seem to view Sderot as a big priority.

I really hope to be able to make a difference there again. It would be an amazing opportunity. I am hoping to offer my services as a massage therapist maybe once a month. I still need to see how I can work things out with sherut leumi, that keeps me very busy as it is.

Oh, by the way, I completely hid the fact that I went to Sderot from my mother because of how hyped up it is in the news. As soon as you hear the "colour red" siren you run for cover and then after fifteen seconds you check to see that everything's ok and move on with life.

Strange world

One night last week I was on my way back to Tzur Hadassah at a late hour. I had taken a bus from Jerusalem to Beitar Ellit. From there I needed to get a tremp since there are no buses that go to Tzur Hadassa from Beitar. Anyway, all of a sudden when I get off the Beitar bus and start crossing the street a security guard said hi to me. It was the security guard that works at one of the ganim I go to twice a week. He ended up getting his brother to drive my home. I thought that was pretty funny. I think it was the second time I got door to door service from a tremp in beitar.
Ok, since I'm totally falling asleep as I'm writing this and and starting to write my dreams, I'm saying good night. I'll have to write more at a later date.

Tremping's not so evil

I don't understand what all this fear is with Arabs. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't like to be gripped by fear and feel controlled by it. I think that Israel is my land, and I should be able to walk proud.
My cousin's aunt from Akko was telling me during shabbat that she didn't want me tremping to get to her house if I came to visit her because it's dangerous. I think that's funny coming from her living in Akko. I'm sure her son tremps, and my cousins tremp all the time. One of them learns in Akko and I know he tremps there too. So I wonder what it is with people telling me not to tremp and that it's dangerous. I'm not the only one that does it!
Ok, so one time I actually tremped with an Arab. Funny that it went like that because usually I look out not to get into a car with an Arab. but this Arab didn't seem like such a bad deal, and I wasn't in the greatest tremping spot, so the fact that he was going pretty close to where I was trying to get to made the whole thing seem fine. He was an older man in an empty van that was like the ones that takes kids to school and back. Considering all the factors and the impression I got from him I didn't think he would do anything, and I also didn't feel like he was more of a threat to me than I was for him. I was also staying in Jerusalem so it wasn't like I was going somewhere desolate.

So I got into the vehicle and started shmoozing with the guy. I think he felt that I was watching him like a hawk which is why he explained to me that he was going on the highway to get to the other side of the city. I guess he didn't want me to get nervous or anything. I think in general most men pick up my "don't mess" vibes and the fact that I'm religious with those vibes makes men tend to behave very well around me. During our discussion the Arab told me he was from Abu Gosh, an Arab town that makes the best chumus in the country. Every shabbat Israelis come to Abu Gosh to eat their chumus and falafel. Arabs there are also friendly he told me.

The tremp really wasn't so bad and I don't think I made a mistake in judgement on that one. The guy ended up going a little farther out of his way to get me a little closer to my location. That's pretty nice for someone to do, but I'm not totally shocked when Arabs do that because they want Jewish women. It's just fact.

Now, this story doesn't even come close to the time I tremped with a high-class Bedoin.... But that's not for now. :P lol

Another Bus Ride

Well, tonight I was really close to get a bus driver to drive me all the way to my house.... lol ok it didn't happen, BUT IT ALMOST DID! Doesn't the almostness of it count for something?? lol

I was coming back to Tzur Hadassah on the bus, and the bus driver didn't really know where he was supposed to go because he never did that route so he was asking me. So once he was taking directions so well, I figured why not just drop me off where I need to go, right? lol yeah he was turning onto my street when he asked if the bus goes down that way. So I had to tell him no, and he said he was worried about the bus getting stuck or something. He was really tired so I just let him drop me off there, but I could have really gotten him to take me all the way home! Haha, Israel busses are craaaazy. I was just happy that this bus driver didn't take turns as fast as some of the other ones. Oh, by the way, I did kind of regret not making the bus driver take me all the way home when I was walking down my street in the rain. lol :)

I remember two years ago when I was in the Old City trying to find my way to Jaffa Gate from inside the Jewish Quarter I got myself totally lost and then only found an Arab to ask for directions. So this Arab told me which way, and of course I really didn't believe him since Arabs do like to cause trouble for Jews. Then he totally started following me talking to me!
"Do you want to sit and talk?" he asked me. "NO!" I told him very clearly with an attitude like he was insane and stupid for asking. But of course he kept following me and no one was around. So I was basically just waiting for him to jump me. He actually didn't in the end, but I really thought he was going to! Maybe if it was a different girl he would have? I wasn't scared of him, but honestly, no one wants to get close to an Arab from the Old City. They are really dirty. And don't worry, if he would have jumped me he would have payed the price for it. He was a scrawny guy and probably realized that I was stronger than him. :)

I remember once I was really stupid going to my cousins in the Muslim Quarter. I walked through Jaffa Gate and then I saw the Arab shuk (in the Muslim Quarter) so I just walked straight in. But I totally didn't know the way from there! So being crazy I just walked on through until I got myself pretty lost and then I had no one to ask but Arabs. So I asked an Arab girl which way the kotel was. She looked at me, smirked, and pointed me in the wrong direction. So I gave her a bright smile and thank you and walked the opposite direction. Arabs can be so reliable sometimes! Hahaha, I got back to main streets and started asking tourist people and tour guides how to get back. I actually connected with someone who was lost and trying to go the same place as me so we found our way together in the end. But the funniest thing for me was that I was trying to be smart and take a short-cut to get to my cousins but instead it probably took me just as long if not longer.

Muslim Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem

Tuesday night till Thursday night I stayed at my cousin's house in the Muslim Quarter. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be scary or not, because I don't know if most people are scared or not. And even if they are, is that "normal" to be scared in your own country?

Jews living in the Muslim Quarter have security around them 24/7. each complex where Jews live there's also a guard that sits in a booth there and looks at the cameras and watches who comes and goes and also checks the premises. Then there are also guards to escort the families through the streets and protect them from Arabs. Being that my cousins live there it entitles me to escorts too. Usually I don't use them though and just walk myself. Sometimes it's better to have escorts. I'm not sure when though. Maybe at certain times of night when Arabs are just out and about. once it gets past a certain time though I don't think it's so bad. I've been out at all hours. At night before 1 am is probably when you would want to walk with guards. after that I really don't think it's so bad. But then again, it's just me. I also think it's different for a girl than a guy. Guys are targets for getting killed. I think women would be more of a rape target or something. Either way, I don't let my friends walk alone.

Thursday night I decided that I had time to visit a friend before the buses stopped running, so I walked to the bus stop near the Shechem Gate. Shechem Gate is at the end of the street that my cousins live on which goes from the Western Wall courtyard all the way through the Muslim quarter. I was talking on the phone when I noticed an Arab man in front of the that was staring at me. Usually I'm not so bothered by Arabs staring. For some reason this guy really annoyed me. He was walking ahead of me and slowed down and kept looking, so I paused my phone conversation and told him in Hebrew "Excuse me! Do you have a problem? What are you staring at!" Yes, there was plenty of chutzpah in there. He got mad and started cursing, and i don't even remember what he said except he was like, "just pass already!" I didn't like that, and I said something to him about his cursing and walked by him and went back to my phone conversation. My friend said it was the first time she's ever heard me get mad. Well, I wasn't really so mad, it was partially an act. Me mad would be kinda scary... But it got my point across to the Arab enough I guess.
Later that night on my way back I was waiting at a meeting place for two guards to walk me to my cousin's house and twice Arabs noticed me and started talking to me. I don't understand, they don't get it that we don't like them? Or maybe there are enough Israeli girls that go with them that they figure it's worth a shot? So first an Arab man sees me just stop walking and stand there, so he asks me if I need help. It could be that he really meant to help me out. I wouldn't know. I just shook my head and after he asked twice he just kept going. So then I'm sitting there and some stupid Arab guy walks by and sees me sitting there so he comes over to me and asks me the time. I don't think I even looked at him when I shrugged my shoulders in an I-couldn't-care-less-about-you kind of way. He gave a laugh as he walked away and I think he said thanks maybe, but I don't remember that well.

My friend didn't have any plans for Yom Kippur so I wanted her to stay with my at my cousins' since they were going away anyway and we would have the place to ourselves. At first she was really scared about it, but after talking to some friends she called me back and told me she would come. Apparently she spoke to one friend that asked her if she trusted me. She said yes, and then her friend said, "ok, so if you trust her and she doesn't do anything stupid..." ok and then my friend started cracking up. I do stupid stuff even though she trusts me. :D
She came to the Muslim Quarter for Yom Kippur and even brought a friend along.
So for the first time she was walking through to get to my cousins' house I had guards with us. After that we didn't use guards until after Yom Kippur. My friend said she thought it was okay to go without guards. I thought that was pretty awesome since she was petrified of the Muslim Quarter before she came to visit me.
It's beautiful to think that now she isn't afraid of the Arabs and now it's another Jew that can Walk with their head up in the Muslim Quarter.

There's a new Sephardic shul that I went to pray in today for the end of Yom Kippur and someone told me that it was the first time it was being used. It isn't complete yet on the outside, but the sanctuary where the prayers take place is stunning. The outside is still being worked on. I was told that it hasn't been used in 80 years. Neturei Karta people used to pray there. I'm glad we have it now!

For some reason today Arabs were talking to me. As I walked by an Arab on the street waved to me and my friend and said over and over (probably because we weren't responding to him) "Hi! What's going on!" Wow, he was so weird! Then another Arab told me to have an easy fast as I was going into my cousins' complex. And when I left he saw me again and asked when the fast was over. I didn't know so that made it easy and I just turned my palms up and shrugged. I thought that was not too rude and not too nice at the same time.

On my way out of the Muslim Quarter I went with my friend and she wanted guards so we got guards. I was a bit nervous about missing my bus, so when the guards said that they needed to wait and get some guys from the yeshiva (Ateret Cohanim is the yeshiva in the Muslim Quarter) I wanted to just continue on my own. When a group of guys left the yeshiva and were going where I was going I left my friend with the guards and went with them. Then they had to wait two seconds while their friend ran to get something and I just kept going on my own. As I was two seconds away from the security place I walked by some kids hanging out on the street. Two kids were throwing a stick and as I walked by one of them tried to throw it at me. I just turned around with an evil cold stare, and the kid that I think threw it pointed at the other kid and said "he did it!" The kid was scared. Then this other kid that was there noticed that I stopped walking and started making retarded sounds and faces and was just really stupid and annoying so I just left. It's hard to bully a kid, even though really I should have scared them to teach them not to start up with Jews. Maybe next time I'll have a better idea. I just can't believe the kid was stupid enough to throw the stick at me. Then my friend told me that a guard saw that the kids bothered me so when they walked by he pointed at one of the kids and told him to come. My friend said that one kid ran and one said "what?" in a scared way. The kids were just so pathetic...

I think I should have done something scary to the kids to that they would learn not to mess with Jews. I know that they're not learning that at home or in school but being that kids are so impressionable I think it would have been a smart move.

Tremping back to Tzur Hadassa on a mota"sh

Tonight gave me another funny tremp story. I was in Itamar for shabbat and took the bus back to Jerusalem. By the time the bus got to Jerusalem it was late and the last but to Tzur Hadassa had already left. So I went to take a bus to Beitar Elit and from there I waited at the entrance for a tremp down the street in the right direction. I guess the security guys felt bad for me or something because they asked me where I was going and offered me a ride. I was like, "what for I'll just tremp." Then one of the men stoped a bus that was empty and leaving. The bus driver agreed to give me a ride! It was just really cool. Ok, not the first time getting a private ride on a bus, but it was like my first real bus tremp. lol
Very nice man. Good thing is I was spared this time because the bus driver didn't give me money. It happened already three times that I got a tremp and the people gave me money. So strange... I can't explain it though so don't ask me about it.
anyway i'm falling asleep, shavuah tov!

ok, finally writing....

This blog is for all the crazy stories and things that I can't just tell anyone and everyone, but that certain people do want to hear about. So (Blimi) this will hopefully entertain and not scare. :P lol

I have so many stories that I should have written but didn't and now I forgot. Sorry...
But I do remember Sat. night getting lost in Ramat Eshkol and wandering around the streets in the middle of the night without a cell phone and not wanting to ask random people for directions because I was already too sick of being a lost Jew. lol Ok yeah I'll admit I did ask directions in the end, but I was stubborn and waited till I did a lot of walking! Haha!
So I was walking down the street and I passed a man. He ignored me and I ignored him. Maybe ten minutes later I passed a second guy. But this time as I passed him in the empty street, he
says to me something about him being a prince someone-or-other and I think he also said good evenning and how are you. I couldn't just let that wacky comment go by without a response. I turned around and said "Baruch Hashem for you!" omg..... he couldn't hear so i had to repeat it twice more. then he said something like did i want his number or to talk on the phone. So I gave him a straight out no and as he was walking off he said something about having kids.... not really sure what he was saying, but I just turned around and covered my mouth as I burst out laughing. It was really funny. It was like this nut knew that he wasn't going to get anywhere but wanted to try anyway. straaaange. lol
I dunno, I get entertained, do you? :D