I've been published in the Boston Globe: check it out here
That's pretty cool.
Though they got a few things wrong. I'm not spending a year in Israel-only a semester. And the "Life on red alert" section is put a little out of context. I hope I don't get any hate mail for the first line of that answer.
If I recall correctly, the question was, "Is it hard to travel or get around?". I started my answer describing that native Israelis are often compared to the prickly pear plant-sabra because they're tough and thorny on the outside yet surprisingly sweet and soft on the inside.
I'm also having trouble describing exactly how I feel about Israel being "dangerous" or "volatile".
I know that Israel is on the US State Department list of travel warnings, and I still stand by my saying that Israel is not a dangerous place. In my answer, I wrote that the media portrays Jerusalem (and Israel as a whole) as a very volatile place, implying that it's not (?), but I recently posted that maybe the best way to describe the situation here is volatile.
Let me explain myself.
Perhaps the best way to put it is: Israel is not volatile in a sense that inhibits me from traveling around or taking the bus or walking to and fro around Jerusalem on a daily basis. However, there is always this slightly stressful feeling in the back of my head like this is just the calm before the storm. This is the feeling that gets intensified when I think about the latent dangers of such a cold coexistence.
5 comments:
YOU'RE FAMOUS!!! WOOOOOO WOOOOOOO i'm so proud to know you, slee!! i'm so proud of you! this is awesome!!
as the average brown student stumbles through the streets, drunk off her ass in a minidress and high heels, i sit in bed and read your blog. i think you're pretty amazing. and i adore you. come back to me.
hi Stacy,
so admittedly, I saw the Globe article and saw it had your blog, so here I am. I hope you don't mind that I am really really excited to read all about your time in Jerusalem because I wish I was there myself (not that I'm not loving Paris, it's just Israel is also AMAzING), and I hope that doesn't sound too creepy :-P. Hope your Hebrew is going well, I've forgotten nearly everything I learned in the past two years... ok enough. take care and hope you're having a BLAST!
Orly!!
so good to hear from you! Hope you're having a wonderful time in Paris :) I thought about you when I came to Israel! I'm glad you found my blog-I hope it's interesting to you. And no, I don't find it creepy at all-my blog is public for a reason, you know? Do you have a blog while in Paris? And thanks for taking the time to read!
In fact, tif, and becca, and everyone else who might read this but doesn't comment, really, thank you!
awwww stacy you're so sweet :). i should also let you know that i honestly had every intention of having you over for a shabbat dinner this past summer-- in fact, it was one of the first things i told my parents when i got home after finals. but then i got this ridiculous job at arclight and my schedule was different every week and i worked 40 hours a week, and i didn't know if it would be alright to invite you over at the last minute (since i would get my schedules wednesday or thursday) if by any chance i wasn't working friday night. so. that's what happened. however, we can always try again next summer :).
and yes i do have a blog here in paris. i'm trying to do a video blog but it's HARD to keep up with it. oy vey. just click on my name and it should take you to it (i believe). i actually run into a surprising number of israelis here, but i can't remember much hebrew, sadly. reading your blog makes me want to go back to israel SO BADLY and i'm SO JEALOUS! your blog is so insightful and your pictures are great. i'm really really looking forward to reading/seeing more!! :) tov meod!
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