Because It's Israel (eBook)

An Aliyah Odyssey

Arthur Miller (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
244 Seiten
Arthur Miller (Verlag)
978-965-7041-02-4 (ISBN)

Infos

When young law student Arthur Miller books a trip to Israel for himself and his new wife Ronnie in the aftermath of the Six Day War, he unknowingly begins an odyssey that will last almost four decades. After thirty-five years of annual visits, he finally fulfills his dream of making aliyah. Join Arthur and Ronnie on their delightful and inspirational journey to figuring out life as Israeli citizens.

Arthur's keen observations and hysterical sense of humor, combined with his easy-going American attitude, are a recipe for a unique aliyah experience. His passionate love for the country and its people provides the backdrop against which we see the good in Israel through Arthur’s eyes. From bureaucratic offices and clerks at banks and post offices to hospitals and medical emergencies and travels via cars and trains, the many facets of daily living shine through Arthur and Ronnie’s story.

Whether you've already made aliyah and can heartily identify with Arthur and Ronnie or you are in love with Israel and want to read about it from afar, perhaps in anticipation of making aliyah someday, this fascinating chronicle will have you laughing, crying, commiserating, and getting in touch with the infatuation that we all share for our beloved Land.

Inhalt

Preface    v

1 Coming Home    1

2 When Jews Get Together…    4

3 The Roots of My Love for Israel    8

4 How We Met    12

5 The Beginning of a Love Affair    14

6 The Decision to Go Home    18

7 The Best-Laid Plans    20

8 Because It’s America    25

9 My Turn    27

10 Home at Last    33

11 Sukkot as Israelis    36

12 First Street, Second Street

  …Fourth Street?    38

13 Inside the Ministry of the Interior    41

14 Banking Made Easy    50

15 Automobile and Licensing Woes    58

16 It Pays to Be a Senior    75

17 Israel Railways    78

18 Kvish 6    82

19 The Hospital and the “A” Word    90

20 Postal Clerks    103

21 Back to the Movies    123

22 “Baruch Hashem”    127

23 A Trip to the Mall    130

24 El Al: The Airline of Israel    134

25 A Trip to City Hall    146

26 Sirens, Rain, and More    150

27 Retiring in Israel    157

28 You Can’t Make Aliyah;

  You Would Miss Football    165

29 Memorial Day    168

30 Watch Your Spelling    174

31 Keeping Kosher    177

32 Who Said There’s No Such Thing

  as a Free Lunch?    183

33 Chessed You Would Not Believe    185

34 Just How Small Is Israel?    191

35 “I Am Not Cheese!”    194

36 The Lone Soldier    203

37 Do You Believe in Miracles?    207

38 The Promised Land    213

39 The Diaspora    218

40 Defender of the Faith    221

Epilogue    230

Postscript to Chapter 37,

“Do You Believe in Miracles?”    234

About the Author    237

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Aliyah • Beit Shemesh • Funny • Israel
• ISBN-10: 965-7041-02-3 / 9657041023
• ISBN-13: 978-965-7041-02-4 / 9789657041024