Sleepless Dreamer’s Reviews > Once More with Chutzpah > Status Update

I did not know that homesickness could physically hurt. What a week.

Me: "oh my god, an interview, I've got to get dressed up, I need to prepare, oh no"

the interview:
"well, obviously, you are accepted to this program. My question to you is, why not the excelling students' PhD program? Your application was great, it was definitely on par with the other applications for it"

Me: ahh, my imposter syndrome! catch me celebrating my academic potential by lying on the floor and crying

"I order an iced coffee, which in Israel is more like a Frappuccino."

Nope, Israel just has a distinction between "cold coffee" and "iced coffee", which is essentially a coffee slushie. Americans always get this wrong and then complain.

"“Holidays?”

“High Holidays, yes. Others?” She shrugs."

BS. No secular Israeli Jew would give up on Purim, Passover or Shavout- these are fun holidays. This is the kind of thing an American Jew says but an Israeli never would even think this way.

The schedule of their trip is really weird. Yes, Israel is a small country but why would you cram Jaffa and the north into one day? Why visit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem only to go back between them the day after? Mount Hertzl and Yad Vashem are next to each other, it makes no sense not to see them on the same day. Ahhh.

This book is making it seem as though the only food in Israel is hummus and pitas. While I have been known to survive off of pitas for months, it must be known that there's way more to put on it than hummus. Like, excuse you, Israeli cream cheese exists.

"There are a few people singing along, super excited as the speakers boom about being a golden boy and showing people Tel Aviv."

Okay, this Eurovision reference is appreciated.

"So while many Jews see this land as a safe harbor, many Palestinians feel about Israel like Native Americans feel about the US."

...Because they are ignorant about Jewish history. There's a reason Jews came to Israel. I expect a book written by Jews to address this.

"“To confirm, you have never been to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt?”

Just Arabic countries? Well, that’s high-key racist."

Arab countries, not Arabic and Iran is not an Arab country. Yes, I intend to nitpick this entire book.