Ok. So it's been quite for some time. Almost a year. Well, half a year. All silent on the Sarah front. This hasn't been because I've been unconnected to the blogosphere, rather, I have been keeping busy reading blogs than writing.

My plans to go and join the center of my Jewish world in Israel are still going strong - my obsession with the culture, its politics and its quirks has reached some incredible heights. Even when I returned from my short stint over the summer, I felt I had to indulge myself and rent some Israeli movies. Well, perhaps in the midst of the stench of the Gaza war, I was craving to see something in which the Israelis/Jews were the heroes, rather than our usual paltry Hollywood Jewish stereotype of the snivelly victims.

So I rented Munich.


The video library doesn't stock many quality Israeli films. And I didn't have the patience to sit through Exodus. Besides, I was thirsty for blood. Not Paul Newman (though his sauces aren't half bad).

Other recent Israeli films that make me less home-sick (well, it's not exactly MY home yet, but I suppose one could say that it's the home of the Jewish people? No. That's sounds like crap.) are Noodle and Eskimos of the Galil.

Noodle was another great Israeli film. they're pumping them out nearly every year. Quality acting, tight writing and screen shots. Loved it. It even made me cry.
And then I wanted to eat Chinese food.


Eskimos took me a while to get through. Slow, dull, punctuated with some really moving scenes of kibbutznik alterkackers being abandoned by brash Israeli capitalism. Another snapshot of the multi-faceted society of Israel. What joy.



What else have I been doing? Reading. Reading at work (but that's work...), reading blogs about Israel and Operation Cast Iron Lead, and reading Beaufort. The book. I must've raved about the movie when I saw it last year. The book is fantastic. Traumatic, an invaluable gain into the fierce passion of some serving soldiers, it definitely is a personal and cathartic reading journey.

I've added the Israeli blogs I've been following - I advise you to have a sticky beak around the Jewish blogosphere, it is such a diverse community.

Ok. Welcome back to the end of the world.

S xx