Dear fellow Chutzpanim,
Everyone has their favorite foods from the old country that they miss, and this comrade really loves pizza. Not just regular, marginally unhealthy American pizza, but that disgustingly obesity-inducing Chicago-style chunk of bread/cheese/meat suet-like conglomerate that makes your heart really ache for the motherland. Unfortunately in Medinat, not only does the general Kosher-ness prevent the meat-cheese glory that we all love, but also the cheese that they sell is generally very poor.
Another thing that the Israelis have yet to embrace, as much as us lazy Yanks, is the ready-made frozen food. It's available, but always of pretty low quality. Here's an image of the box-advert vs. reality:
And the instructions are all in Hebrew, so I had to guestimate the length of cooking, which resulted in this brown destroyed conglomerate:
Everyone has their favorite foods from the old country that they miss, and this comrade really loves pizza. Not just regular, marginally unhealthy American pizza, but that disgustingly obesity-inducing Chicago-style chunk of bread/cheese/meat suet-like conglomerate that makes your heart really ache for the motherland. Unfortunately in Medinat, not only does the general Kosher-ness prevent the meat-cheese glory that we all love, but also the cheese that they sell is generally very poor.
Another thing that the Israelis have yet to embrace, as much as us lazy Yanks, is the ready-made frozen food. It's available, but always of pretty low quality. Here's an image of the box-advert vs. reality:
And the instructions are all in Hebrew, so I had to guestimate the length of cooking, which resulted in this brown destroyed conglomerate:
Obviously, it wasn't the greatest pizza I've ever had, but what do you expect from frozen food anyways?
In general food can be pretty expensive in Tel Aviv, especially to go out. A typical meal going out is > 40 ILS (~12 USD depending on the exchange rate, which is pretty low now due to the recent violence). A drink is also expensive, eg 26 ILS for a beer, 20 ILS for a soda.
This frozen pizza was 20 ILS in the grocery store, a pretty good deal.
Stay Chutzpan!
Sauce
Dear fellow Chutzpanim,
Yesterday we heard air raid sirens in Tel Aviv. Since it was my first time hearing the sirens ever I, didn't know to do. I threw on my shoes in a panic, asking my friend where to go. He said he didn't know and we went out into the hallway of the building.
In the hall, our neighbors were all collected, chatting in Hebrew, with their cell phones out. I looked for my phone too, frantically trying to check the internet. From reports of network coverage being down in greater Tel Aviv, so did everyone else in the city.
As the initial feelings of panic passed (my hand at first was shaking), the mood relaxed to a cordial, social mood. The chain-smoking, elderly neighbor woman, who never seems to leave her bathrobe, invited us over for coffee, although we denied saying we had to get to work. Nothing like a war musters the feeling of unity!
The image everyone passes around, relating probability of strikes vs. distance from Gaza is true:
If you notice Tel Aviv, it's safely out of any danger zone, and although we've heard sirens, have very low precision and accuracy. The ones with the farthest range are supplied by Iran through the Egyptian tunnels. The darkest red area is in Gaza, and the people there live in the greatest danger.
Today there was another siren, after the visit of the Egyptian PM to Gaza. It was nice to see the neighbors again.
In the aftermath of the destruction, we did our part for the Israeli cause by playing the internet game Raid Gaza. General Towarzysz Bin Goyim secured an 800 to 1 kill ratio.
Stay safe and maintain thine chutzpah,
Sauce
P.S. Don't worry, we are safe in Tel Aviv:
*Thanks to newsettler on Reddit for a correction.
Yesterday we heard air raid sirens in Tel Aviv. Since it was my first time hearing the sirens ever I, didn't know to do. I threw on my shoes in a panic, asking my friend where to go. He said he didn't know and we went out into the hallway of the building.
In the hall, our neighbors were all collected, chatting in Hebrew, with their cell phones out. I looked for my phone too, frantically trying to check the internet. From reports of network coverage being down in greater Tel Aviv, so did everyone else in the city.
As the initial feelings of panic passed (my hand at first was shaking), the mood relaxed to a cordial, social mood. The chain-smoking, elderly neighbor woman, who never seems to leave her bathrobe, invited us over for coffee, although we denied saying we had to get to work. Nothing like a war musters the feeling of unity!
The image everyone passes around, relating probability of strikes vs. distance from Gaza is true:
(Source: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=291954)
If you notice Tel Aviv, it's safely out of any danger zone, and although we've heard sirens, have very low precision and accuracy. The ones with the farthest range are supplied by Iran through the Egyptian tunnels. The darkest red area is in Gaza, and the people there live in the greatest danger.
Today there was another siren, after the visit of the Egyptian PM to Gaza. It was nice to see the neighbors again.
In the aftermath of the destruction, we did our part for the Israeli cause by playing the internet game Raid Gaza. General Towarzysz Bin Goyim secured an 800 to 1 kill ratio.
Stay safe and maintain thine chutzpah,
Sauce
P.S. Don't worry, we are safe in Tel Aviv:
*Thanks to newsettler on Reddit for a correction.
Hello Chutzpanim,
Of course politics is everywhere in Israel and it's difficult to escape. The proper Chutzpan has a belief in their intellectual superiority and infallibility, with guile unmatched in the world-- check out this video below. My towazyszu and I went over to a party last weekend where we were promised two for one beer. At the party we were lucky enough to be ambushed by a proper Chutzpan, who stated the Chutzpan axiom (Chutzpaxiom maybe ? ;P), that he speaks only truth:
Then the he described an enlarged view of the middle east with some proper Chutzpan view that the Arab countries only want to cause problems:
Then he refers to the Palestinians question as bullshit:
After this I was feeling a bit Chutzpan and just decided to keep the film rolling for the whole time:
After the presentation we got to enjoy the 2 for 1 beers for half an hour, and dance a bit. All in all a good night.
Stay Chutzpan!
Sauce
Of course politics is everywhere in Israel and it's difficult to escape. The proper Chutzpan has a belief in their intellectual superiority and infallibility, with guile unmatched in the world-- check out this video below. My towazyszu and I went over to a party last weekend where we were promised two for one beer. At the party we were lucky enough to be ambushed by a proper Chutzpan, who stated the Chutzpan axiom (Chutzpaxiom maybe ? ;P), that he speaks only truth:
Then the he described an enlarged view of the middle east with some proper Chutzpan view that the Arab countries only want to cause problems:
Then he refers to the Palestinians question as bullshit:
After this I was feeling a bit Chutzpan and just decided to keep the film rolling for the whole time:
After the presentation we got to enjoy the 2 for 1 beers for half an hour, and dance a bit. All in all a good night.
Stay Chutzpan!
Sauce
Hello my fellow Chutzpanim,
It can be horribly frustrating to deal with Israeli customer service over the telephone. At first you may get the impression that all Israelis can speak fluent English. For my case however this was due to a selective sample size; academics, the tourist and service industry will all speak English fairly fluently, however many Israelis outside of these sectors are either monolingual or with speak Russian as their second language.
It can be horribly frustrating to deal with Israeli customer service over the telephone. At first you may get the impression that all Israelis can speak fluent English. For my case however this was due to a selective sample size; academics, the tourist and service industry will all speak English fairly fluently, however many Israelis outside of these sectors are either monolingual or with speak Russian as their second language.
Clalit is the largest of the health care providers in Israel, so for the convenience of the larger number of clinics, I recommend buying health insurance that utilizes this health provider. You may contact Clalit by dialing *2700 on any telephone.
After calling Clalit on four or five different occasions, I was able to get correct information:
There are three insurance providers that utilize Clalit for foreign students in Israel:
Harel Yedidim: 03-638-6216
After calling Clalit on four or five different occasions, I was able to get correct information:
There are three insurance providers that utilize Clalit for foreign students in Israel:
Harel Yedidim: 03-638-6216
Clal: 1-800-35-18-35
Menora: 03-71-07-460
I found that Harel Yedidim had the best service for English speakers, so went with them.
The cost varies from plans that do not cover accidents (~1 $ per day) to premium plans (~2.50 $ per day).
May your Chutzpah remain steadfast,
Sauce
I found that Harel Yedidim had the best service for English speakers, so went with them.
The cost varies from plans that do not cover accidents (~1 $ per day) to premium plans (~2.50 $ per day).
May your Chutzpah remain steadfast,
Sauce
Hello Towarzyszu,
The rains have been very heavy for the past few days here in Tel Aviv. I was walking along a street in north Tel Aviv and shot this video of the flooded road:
You get to hear my horrible Hebrew in the video, when a guy asks me how crazy it is.
On my way to Bar-Ilan, walking down my normal alley, I had to make an abrupt stop due to the overflowing water:
Also the creek by the bridge over the freeway that separates Bar-Ilan from Ramat Gan proper was bustling with water. Normally, this is completely dry:
Well, stay dry my chutzpanim!
Sauce
The rains have been very heavy for the past few days here in Tel Aviv. I was walking along a street in north Tel Aviv and shot this video of the flooded road:
On my way to Bar-Ilan, walking down my normal alley, I had to make an abrupt stop due to the overflowing water:
Sauce
Hello Dear Towazyszu,
This is our group's first post on our new site, Chutzpanim. We are three academics, living in Tel Aviv, Israel for 1 year (and possibly more, depending on funding, etc.)
The goal of this blog is to document the extreme dialectics of this place: the great and the horrible, the sincere and the outrageous, the beautiful and the disgusting, the polite, and yes the Chutzpan.
From our generation's great library of Alexandria, the Wikipedia:
Of course the agility of this driver to jump past any sense of propriety must be commended in a way; after all, if we only had the proper Chutzpah, we could accomplish so, so much.
Israel in fact is driven by a sort of chutzpah, from which this country has been transformed from a sort of socialist backwater country, to one of the leading tech and start-up countries of the world.
Thank you for visiting our blog; I hope you enjoy it and come back. I will let my fellow comrades define who they are, but my name is Sauce Magnusson. I am an international musical sensation with over 15 YouTube clicks for my music videos such as Gay French Muslims, Sexy Time, Moishe Batmann and Tzabar Szpeiderman, and Glutinous Rice:
Thank you and come again!
This is our group's first post on our new site, Chutzpanim. We are three academics, living in Tel Aviv, Israel for 1 year (and possibly more, depending on funding, etc.)
The goal of this blog is to document the extreme dialectics of this place: the great and the horrible, the sincere and the outrageous, the beautiful and the disgusting, the polite, and yes the Chutzpan.
From our generation's great library of Alexandria, the Wikipedia:
Rosten also defined [Chutzpah] as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."The Chutzpan/Chutzpanim (pl.) evoke both senses of admiration and of loathing in Israel; in one moment you can be disgusted the crudeness of a driver who will park in the middle of the street, leave for an errand, return to his car, only waving impolitely, as if, "What did you expect?"
Israel in fact is driven by a sort of chutzpah, from which this country has been transformed from a sort of socialist backwater country, to one of the leading tech and start-up countries of the world.
Thank you for visiting our blog; I hope you enjoy it and come back. I will let my fellow comrades define who they are, but my name is Sauce Magnusson. I am an international musical sensation with over 15 YouTube clicks for my music videos such as Gay French Muslims, Sexy Time, Moishe Batmann and Tzabar Szpeiderman, and Glutinous Rice:
Who is Sauce???
Sauce Magnusson is an internationally renowned author, scientist, and musician with over 15 YouTube clicks for hit music videos such as Gay French Muslims, Sexy Time, Moishe Batmann, and Glutinous Rice. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 2012 and currently resides in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he leads the Israeli Strategic Hummus Reserve. Be the second to Follow Sauce on Facebook (after his mother- thanks Mom)!
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