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Nov 20, 2023, 11:34 AM

You Will Be Assimilated, But Not Accepted

Do you know why the world hates us? Why there is so much antisemitism? Why is it always Jews that are picked on or ridiculed? I know why. Over the years, as things have happened in various countries, many of us in Israel...

Nov 1, 2023, 1:22 PM

Go Ahead, Jump Off the Bridge

Sign found if you turn the wrong way on a road that leads to Gaza and/or the Territories

Everyone around us keeps saying jump! But we don't give in to peer pressure. Peer pressure is what got us into this mess. Maybe that works for you because it did in school, college, and the workplace to go along...

Oct 23, 2023, 6:06 PM

The waiting is the hardest part

Every day, family, friends, and business acquaintances send us messages or call to ask how we are doing and what is happening. I want to say we are all-knowing and seeing, but we know less than you outside of Israel...

Oct 15, 2023, 11:55 PM

We aren’t turning the other cheek

Did people worry about the German civilians when the Allies were bombing Germany? Different times required different measures? So World War 1 was just a beta practice war? Did anyone demonstrate against dropping the bomb on Nagasaki? Hiroshima was a...

Oct 8, 2023, 3:03 PM

What do you say? What do you do?

Friends and family around the world check in because they saw the news yesterday. How do we explain to them that there is so much going on, but so little one can do at the same time. Everyone has been called...

Nov 2, 2022, 11:12 AM

Halloween in Israel explains the election

A Facebook post by a US car manufacturer with an R&D site in Israel started my day two days ago about their trick-or-treating at their offices here in Israel. On the one hand, I could argue they were following a...

Aug 19, 2021, 5:56 PM

Aliyah, The Pinball Journey of a Lifetime

Last week was our 7th anniversary of making Aliyah. I have used many metaphors to describe Aliyah to people I know worldwide, but the best one was from my friend Shmueli who said it best. Aliyah is like playing pinball....

Mar 24, 2021, 5:26 PM

The Catan Haggadah edition

We enjoy playing the game Settlers of Catan as much as most people and for this Passover holiday, I wondered if we can fit the Haggadah into the game, in some way shape, or form. As it turns out, I...

Aug 3, 2020, 11:39 AM

11 Months Later

We, I, my grandmother still miss my grandfather. Who knew what this year would bring. I thought I would say kaddish every day and that got muddled when the pandemic started. Something you take so seriously, but there are other...

Mar 12, 2020, 12:47 PM

Tales from Quarantine Queith

My family renamed me, Queith because I am the only one in quarantine and Quarantine Queith sounded better to their alliterative minds. Was it worth it? That last jaunt out to the world? Hell yeah! Business wise at least. Of course,...

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Keith Brooks made Aliyah in 2014 with his wife, 3 kids, and their dog. Keith writes about his Aliyah, Israel and Jewish life in general. Keith is CEO of B2B Whisperer, helping executives become better speakers and presenters. Keith advises B2B companies on their strategy as it relates to sales, pricing, marketing and competitive intelligence. Keith is a MassChallenge Israel mentor, an HCL Ambassador.

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