ma zeh sababa?

I was thinking "I should post something on my blog," but the fact it is I have way too much to say about several issues, many of which I think I need to do more research on before I can write about them with any conviction. I was also thinking- where is this going? What am I doing?

That being said, I'm going to split these issues up and do a weekly feature about what's going on with these issues. Look for tidbits of information from various news sources around the world, what other people's opinions are about the topic in the Jewish/Israeli world of thought and beyond, and an analysis of what this all means. Future topics will include issues like Barack Obama and Israel, Iran, Gilad Shalit, Palestine, the UN, etc. Feel free to suggest topics you want to know more about but don't really feel like researching (and therefore leaving me with all the hard work). I also really want guest panelists. I'm going to post the topic I'm working on for the week- please send me any articles you think I should read, or anything YOU have to say about that issues.

As news happens and articles of interest show up about various topics that are more relevant to the day, they will still be posted here.

This blog is also going to have more of a personal twist about me moving to Tel Aviv, but this is still 10 months away and I haven't really started doing anything about it. I'll probably submit my full aliyah application, paperwork and all, in January. Right now, I'm just taking hebrew ulpan and daydreaming about moving, and doing plenty of research on the impending move. The information out there is both encouraging and discouraging, but nothing seems to be at all shaking my desire to move. Actually, the knowledge is slightly empowering. Uh oh.

So this week I'm thinking of starting with our President, Barack Obama. I gotta say I'm a big fan of Bo Obama (he's reallllly cute), the first dog, so to lighten up any hard feelings, maybe I'll throw in some cute pictures.

Lehit. :)