Stephanie Wald, at The Blogs

Stephanie Wald

Living Hi-Tech & Loving Israel

Sep 6, 2026, 10:41 AM

You probably didn’t even notice that my blog is in English, since the Times of Israel platform is an English language environment. We should stop and ask: since I have lived permanently in Israel since 1981, why is all...

Aug 30, 2026, 3:01 PM

Vitamin P

Vitamin P? When I made Aliyah, people told me it was hard to get a job without Vitamin P—“P” for “Protekzia”, meaning knowing someone on the inside. They used to say “Who needs Protekzia when you have friends?” That is...

Aug 23, 2026, 11:25 AM

Fireworks

I promised fireworks, and here they are. One July 4 about 15 years ago, my friend Nili and I had a day off from the solar plant we were building in the desert near Las Vegas. After a super hot...

Aug 18, 2026, 6:08 PM

Welcome to my blog

That's a photo of one of my solar projects.

Who am I and why do I want to write a blog now? For starters, I’ve been a writer for as long as I can remember, but always for myself, for school, or for work. Since October 7 hit...

About Me

I grew up in Philadelphia, New Haven and Rome. Since 1981, I have lived, worked and raised a family in Israel. I worked in hi-tech since 1984, primarily in the fields of digital TV and solar energy. Today I am semi-retired and volunteer at Hilma, a social tech company. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephwald)

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