After finishing basic training, I’m finally doing what I came for at the base where I’ve served this whole time: learning Hebrew. The…

On Monday, December 30 2013 I finished Tironot (basic training level 02) and swore to uphold the duties of a soldier of the…

Well, I don’t know if our Samelet reads my website or not, but this past week I was usually among the very first…

Tironot: Basic Training Pushups. I do a lot of push ups. If I’m not doing them when I leave, I’m doing them when…

Well, Bakum went off without a hitch. I went inside as a civilian, and came out the wrong side as a soldier. The…

Bakum. December 10, 2013, my civilian life is terminated. December 10, 2013, I’m given a gun, a haircut, a uniform, dog tags, and…

The Tzav Rishon can be a tense day, and in all my research on the internet, I never found a good break down…

I landed in Israel Wednesday night, Thursday morning I went to the major banks to see if its possible for me to open…

As I waved good bye about a thousand times to my parents, and grandmother who also accompanied me to the airport, I didn’t feel…

I’m a 23 year old college grad, who left home for Israel to volunteer for the Israeli army just two days after doing well on the…