Common Denominator: 2 Christian Clergy & 1 Rabbi

Three American men: a Baptist Pastor, a Seventh Day Adventist Minister and an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi – what do they have in common? No, this is not a riddle or joke, there’s story. During my quest for truth and purpose in life, I ventured through a few of America’s religions (actually the truth is that …

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

Originally blogged at Almost Eden on March 3, 2011 I’ve received a lot of great feedback from yesterday’s post (Are you Too Old to Make Aliyah?), thanks to all of you who wrote to me offline. Since you’re already in that change state of mind (if you’re considering Aliyah, that is), another useful exercise to …

Are You Too Old to Make Aliyah?

Originally blogged at Almost Eden on March 2, 2011 There has been a very popular discussion thread taking place on the Nefesh B’Nefesh LinkedIn group for more than 2 weeks regarding older olim, employment and living in the northern part of Israel. There were more than 100 comments when I logged in tonight and I …

Unexpected Parnassah in Israel

One very strange, yet exciting, thing about living in Israel is that parnassah (one’s livelihood) can come from the most unexpected sources! For example, as I wrote a while ago, after 13 months of scouring job sites and sending out résumés all over the Internet for numerous hours daily, Michael landed a job with a …