We got a huge compliment from my oldest daughter tonight. She said she just met a young mother she knows who is having a hard time with her small children. “I said she ought to talk to you or dad to get some advice on good parenting”, my offspring said, casually. Being a parent means [...]
There is a sweet little girl in my youngest daughter’s class who has really loose tear-ducts. When the girls were in first grade, this girl was likely to start crying if you said good morning too loudly. By now, she’s mostly outgrown that extreme weepyness, but still, I try not to startle her. Now, this [...]
The state of Israel is both small and young. Small, as in smaller than New Jersey, or Småland, if you are thus inclined. And young, as in 64 years of independence, which is a very short time to develop a unified ethos and culture. Israel is a country where much of the older generation are immigrants from [...]
So what to choose for my first post in Renew Magazine? I live in Jerusalem, and have done so for 30 years. It’s not an easy city to live in, but not necessarily for the reasons one would think. On a daily basis, I don’t worry about the Middle East conflict. But the spirit of the [...]
Renew Magazine presenterar vår bloggare från Israel, Noomi Stahl som bor i Israel. Här berättar hon om hur mycket verkligheten i den israeliska huvudstaden skiljer sig från TV-bilden och vad hon saknar mest och minst från Sverige. Välkommen, hur känns det att börja blogga för Renew Magazine? Uppfriskande och utmanande. Jag har drivit min egen [...]
